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  • An Article on Improving Data Efficiency

    An Article on Improving Data Efficiency

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    On the CanSat, when the data is read from the sensors, it needs to be stored as efficiently as possible – we only have 16 MB of onboard storage. Furthermore, the data needs to be sent over LoRa, which has very limited transfer rate – in the hundreds of bytes per second – especially when…

  • Why we are using C++ over MicroPython for our CanSat

    Why we are using C++ over MicroPython for our CanSat

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    During the research phase for our CanSat, we saw that a lot of teams using a Raspberry Pi Pico opted to use MicroPython or CircuitPython for their CanSats. In fact, the CanSat UK organisation recommends (or at least implies) using Python. However, we think that it is better to use C++, assuming you are confident…