The Flame Trench is a group of British and American hobbyist and professional engineers in the rocketry/space industry
Planet Earth (for now)
Joined April 2017
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Now available on TheFlameTrench store: Raw BMI088 chips for custom implementations on your boards! theflametrench.com/shop/bmi0…
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Absolutely tiny IMU there... thank you @theflametrench and @josh_sat for getting this shipped out so fast!
Now available on the store: BMI088 breakouts! Upgrade your flight computers from lower end and noisy sensors to this Rolls Royce of low cost MEMS IMU systems. A Friend of the Flame product designed and manufactured by @Josh_Sat.
theflametrench.com/shop/bmi0…
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"The Absolutely Never Been Better State of the Aerospace Industry!"
Also a call to arms to Space Twitter to utilize that 'Block and Report' button. If you're a person who does hiring stuff, maybe also make sure your co-workers are never subjected to these trolls.
Your Patreon support helps us fund prototyping for #TFTqube and #Singularity, as well as finalise the autonomous section of the #Gaze observatory - and we are really grateful!
Merch will be automatically shipped to you by Patreon after 3 months of patronage - and this includes current patrons!
Patreon now has automated merch - so we've added a 5cm TFT logo sticker for every tier $5 and above, a Coma Cluster print from TFT.Gaze for every tier $10 and above, and an exclusive TFT Stargazer mug for every tier $30 and above!
patreon.com/theflametrench
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Now finally merging access for AIS Patrons to @theflametrench nanosat development Discord community! This is a fantastic place to network and talk all things nanosat! I'm one of the regulars myself in the chats, and it's great to see and help the nanosat community grow!
Happy to welcome all @Applied_Ion patrons (patreon.com/appliedionsystem…) to our Discord server, adding to our growing nanosatellite developer community!
Happy to welcome all @Applied_Ion patrons (patreon.com/appliedionsystem…) to our Discord server, adding to our growing nanosatellite developer community!
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#Singularity is now up on the @theflametrench Github - github.com/the-flame-trench/…
Currently working on bringing the footprints up to ECSS spec (or close) then starting the layout process for a first prototype
The rest of #TFTqube will still be published open source as it comes, but it’s a bit more involved to get to a state ready to test as a flatsat! @Ascii211 and @_Ben_in_space streamed working on it here: piped.video/abaLUc-j-yc
Schematics to hit the TFT GitHub soon, in a 95% complete state; just need polish. Obvious ‘these are v1’ disclaimer, testing to come...
Provisional specs:
-dual lockstep R4F CPUs
-3 CAN buses (platform, payload, shared redundant)
-I2C bus broken out
-8Mb FRAM
-256kb redundant FRAM in supervisor module, inc RTC with supercap backup
-1Gb bulk flash
-32MB SDRAM
-temperature sensing
Going to spin the #TFTqube on-board computer system out into its own open-source project - so meet #Singularity!
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Medium level of confidence in the current level of the floor plan design for the #TFTqube FM. Actually getting this to a functional PCB is going to be a massive challenge. If it works, it’ll be the most reliable and capable spacecraft ever of its size theflametrench.com/tftqube
Thanks for tuning in! #tftqube
VoD: piped.video/abaLUc-j-yc
Catch @_Ben_in_space and @Ascii211 livestreaming some #TFTqube electronics design, live at around 1500UTC
piped.video/watch?v=abaLUc-j…
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Just blogged about the amazing new #rocket workbench developed by @DavesRocketShop as a @FreeCADNews addon workbench. #opensource #CAD
concretedog.blogspot.com/202…
