http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/07/17/pi_ascent/ Eben will be pleased - he doesn't have to eat his hat now ;). Yes, someone linked me to that quote the night before my flight. Glad to be of service! There's a fantastic amount of detail in the writeup :D http://www.daveakerman.com/?p=592 Thanks! T...

Dave, that's *crazy* and brilliant and we love it. Thanks so much for sharing! I'll be featuring it on the front page later this week. Just out of interest - does that mean that a Raspberry Pi now holds the UK amateur record for altitude? I should have added that the Raspberry Pi does hold the &quo...

No, it's currently at #12 - the full table is here - http://ukhas.org.uk/general:uk_records. I happen to hold the #2 position, using a very light payload and a larger balloon. That's the combination needed for a record attempt. My RPi flight had 3 separate payloads so lots of weight, so it was never...

As planned I flew my Raspberry Pi on Saturday, with the balloon bursting at an altitude of 39,994 metres (nearly 25 miles). It sent down some amazing photos during the flight. I've written the project up at http://www.daveakerman.com/?p=592.

Dave

I've flown several high altitude balloon payloads. Usually people choose simple processors such as Atmels and PIC (the various Arduinos are very popular). For data logging and telemetry, those are plenty powerful enough. They are also cheap and require little power. The Raspberry Pi isn't ideal for ...