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Greg Taylor, Brandon Bayer, Tom Holmes Faculty Advisors: Dr. John Wu & Dr. Joseph Slater

Digital Wireless Transmission of Live Video Wright State High Altitude Balloon Team Final Presentation. Greg Taylor, Brandon Bayer, Tom Holmes Faculty Advisors: Dr. John Wu & Dr. Joseph Slater Electrical Engineering Mentor: Bruce Rahn. Outline. Goals Design Results Balloon Launch

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Greg Taylor, Brandon Bayer, Tom Holmes Faculty Advisors: Dr. John Wu & Dr. Joseph Slater

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  1. Digital Wireless Transmission of Live VideoWright State High Altitude Balloon TeamFinal Presentation Greg Taylor, Brandon Bayer, Tom Holmes Faculty Advisors: Dr. John Wu & Dr. Joseph Slater Electrical Engineering Mentor: Bruce Rahn

  2. Outline • Goals • Design • Results • Balloon Launch • Conclusion

  3. Initial Goal • Achieve real-time video transmission from the high altitude balloon via a standalone software-defined radio.

  4. Design: RF • The FCC requires the RF signal path for the operating frequency to be above 420 MHz • Operating frequency is 1280.5 MHz • Optimum performance is at line of sight conditions • 20 dB amp is used with the E100 (+20dbm output) • Yagi antenna: RX (14 dB gain) • ¾ wavelength whip antenna: TX (1:1 unity gain)

  5. Design: Path Loss • The balloon altitude of 100,000 feet = 30.4 km • FSPL(dB) = 20*log(Frequency(MHz) + 20*log(distance(km)) + 32.44 • Transmission frequency of 1280.5 MHz yields 120 dB of signal path loss • The signal strength of the transmitted signal at 1280.5 MHz with the 20 dB amplifier is +20 dBm output • The signal level under line of sight ideal conditions is +20-120 = -100 dBm at the receiver, which is 25 to 30 dB above noise floor • The Yagi antenna adds 14 dB gain making the received signal at 100,000 feet to be 30 to 44 dB above noise floor

  6. Design: Standalone SDR Transmitter

  7. Design: SDR Receiver

  8. Design: Parts List Price 11.1V 6600 ma/Hr Lithium-Ion Batter Pack $69.99 11.1V 4400 ma/Hr Lithium-Ion Battery Pack $45.99 Life Cam HD-5000 Web Cam $40.95 Castle Creations CC-CEB Pro Battery Eliminator Circuit $40.99 E100 (Software Defined Radio) $1300 EC3 Connectors $3.99 Total $1510.91

  9. Results: Ground Testing • Basic waveforms, small text & audio files at 3 ft • Live video streaming at 3 ft in lab • Live video streaming at 100 ft in Russ hallway • Live video streaming at 700 ft in Joshi parking lot • Live video streaming at 2,800 ft along Colonel Glenn Hwy • Live video streaming at 25,000 ft (4.7 miles) from Wright Memorial to N/E side of WPAFB

  10. Balloon Launch 29 • Thursday, May 31st, 2012 • Launched from Anderson Airfield (south of Bellbrook) • Two packages • Command Package for tracking & communication • Video Package for video capture & transmission • Successful launch and recovery • Successfully received live video to 60,000 feet!

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  18. Conclusion • Team Live Video has successfully met our goal • Improvements necessary for future designs • Must obtain better E100 performance by moving processing to the FPGA or upgrading the hardware • Build Yagi receiving antenna with better precision • Optimize video encoding/decoding to achieve better performance and robustness • Could use antenna on roof of Russ for receiving • Launching high altitude balloons are a lot of work!

  19. End Any Questions?

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