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Cranfield

A New Chapter Begins: I’ve Arrived at Cranfield!

Reading Time: < 1 minuteJust a short post today to say that I’ve started the next and probably final phase of my academic journey, with my arrival at Cranfield University. Over the next year here, I’ll be working towards an MSc in Astronautics and Read more…

By weasdown, 6 yearsOctober 3, 2019 ago
Spacecraft operations

Touring Mission Control: My Trip to EUMETSAT

Reading Time: 5 minutesEUMETSAT (European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites) is an international organisation headquartered in Darmstadt, Germany, that operates a fleet of Earth Observation satellites for users in Europe and around the world. On September 15th 2017 I spent a day Read more…

By weasdown, 7 yearsJune 17, 2018 ago
Photography

Helios-44M-4: From Russia with Love

Reading Time: 4 minutesWhen you say “high quality lenses”, many people think of the latest and greatest pieces of glass from Canon and Nikon, which can easily cost as much as a decent laptop. However, the vintage lens market offers great opportunity for Read more…

By weasdown, 7 yearsMay 21, 2018 ago
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Programming

C in VS Code: getting set up

Reading Time: 4 minutesIn this tutorial, find out all the steps you need to get setup with C in VS Code.

By weasdown, 3 yearsDecember 24, 2021 ago
Image showing an Adafruit Feather M4 Express board mounted to a breadboard, with jumper wires around it
Arduino

SAMD51 register access: using the True Random Number Generator

Reading Time: 3 minutesLately, I’ve been wanting to learn how to do direct register access on the SAM family of microcontrollers. I have a SAMD51-based Adafruit Feather M4 Express board, so was looking through the SAMD51’s datasheet to work out which registers I Read more…

By weasdown, 3 yearsDecember 4, 2021 ago
Diagram of the axes of an on-orbit servicing tug
News

MSc complete: I’ve received my thesis mark

Reading Time: < 1 minuteI’m really pleased to have received a mark of 75% on my MSc thesis at Cranfield University and 72% across the whole course. My project studied on-orbit servicing, performing a literature review to evaluate progress so far before defining an Read more…

By weasdown, 4 yearsDecember 10, 2020 ago
Journalism

Coronavirus: Wuhan flight lands in UK

Reading Time: < 1 minuteCoronavirus: A chartered flight from Wuhan has landed at RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire.

By weasdown, 5 yearsJanuary 31, 2020 ago
Photography

Image of the Week

Reading Time: < 1 minuteI’ve started the Image of the Week challenge on my photography sub-site. See the first image and find the page for all the rest.

By weasdown, 5 yearsDecember 12, 2019 ago
Flying

LAPL: I’ve Started Flight Training!

Reading Time: < 1 minuteI’ve started flight training at Cranfield Flying School, working towards the Light Aircraft Pilot’s License.

By weasdown, 6 yearsOctober 22, 2019 ago
Events

UK Space Conference: I Met Tim Peake!

Reading Time: 4 minutesI spent two days at the 2019 UK Space Conference, presenting my internship work, networking, volunteering and meeting an astronaut!

By weasdown, 6 yearsSeptember 29, 2019 ago
megaPhone

megaPhone #2: Changing processor

Reading Time: 5 minutesI’ve decided to switch my megaPhone from an xmega processor to a SAML one. In this post, find out why I made the switch and what effect it will have on the phone’s development.

By weasdown, 6 yearsJune 24, 2019 ago
megaPhone

megaPhone #1: Initial Choices

Reading Time: 3 minutesSo, my megaPhone project is underway! The first step in designing the phone is to get an idea of what it should do. This could range from just calls and texts to full smartphone functionality… In this case, I’ll be Read more…

By weasdown, 6 yearsMay 21, 2019 ago

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