We have been busy the ground station interface for Project Auto Launch – Mark II and like many coding jobs, much time has been spent on a few small and annoying issues. We will unveil the new interface shortly. This will give us real time data analysis while the Mark II plane is in the air regarding the voltage of the battery, air temperature and the GPS position plotted onto Google Maps. The software uses a web interface coded in PHP and we will be running it off an ASUS Eee PC.

The interface is part of the overall structure of Project EMMA, the software architecture used for all of our projects and that we will one day use in a larger ship to control ship systems, sensors and data. As we create new ways to handle sensor data and perform calculations we contribute to the growth and evolution of Project EMMA.

We are looking for keen programmers to help us add to Project EMMA for our various projects. If that sounds like you please email us or drop by the forums. Suggestions or ideas on the programming language and GUI are welcome.

Tristan