Thanks for going public Wouter.

Wouter is a welcome addition to our ranks (as can be seen from his CV).
He's a bit more active on the PICLIST - about 10 posts a month for the last
few months.
He's made a compiler for the PIC as he notes (JAL - Just Another Language).
There will be talk about electronics yet.
We may yet end up with a PIC on the Moon.:-)

Maybe we can have a Lunaris robotic arm :-)
Just kidding but such experience will obviously be invaluable.
One subject under discussion was the possibility of a movable still frame
video camera. This has some distinct parallels to the arm. (Space
environment, movement, positioning, ...)
I suggested about the possibility of using a rotating camera (only a
portion of a revolution would be required) to de-spin a video frame while
it was being taken when the spacecraft itself was rotating. Only a thought
but may yet be feasible. A moving mirror could do the same thing and
possibly more easily. All this is +ACI-early-days+ACI- yet but its good to know
what people with experience in such areas think about such possibilities.
The ability to take stable pictures of eg the earth or the moon from a
spinning craft would be highly desirable. Any thoughts on this?

Any other of the many lurkers here want to declare themselves publicly and
tell us what they do best?.


                RM

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From: w. v. ooijen / f. hanneman +ADw-wf+AEA-xs4all.nl+AD4-
+AD4-Ok, I'll introduce myself so you know what I could possibly contribute.
I'm
+AD4-a software guy, 10y experience, mostly embedded, real-time, datcomm etc. I
+AD4-have woked for 3.5 y on the EropeanRoboticArm project at FokkerSpace in
the
+AD4-Netherlands, mainly on the requirements/procurement/simulation/testing of
+AD4-the arms main computer hardware and software. So I know a little about
+AD4-space electronics and somewhat more about space software. I don't know
+AD4-anyhting about rockets. Electronics is my favourite hobby, I work a lot
+AD4-with Microchip PIC controllers. I've written a compiler for these 16x84
and
+AD4-SX controllers which is available on the web. So as long as you guys are
+AD4-talking about rockets I'll just read.