First Flight Version 1.0
Date Printed: 1/26/2008
Flying your HCX Flight Computer
The best way to get to know your G-Wiz HCX flight computer is to start using it. This tutorial
walkthrough is based on using it in its simplest mode: as an altimeter in the default G-Wiz
configuration. This setup is based on using a single battery and not firing any events. The
computer will log all of the flight information on the Mini-SD card.
Your Flight Computer and Accessories
Your flight computer comes in a
pink antistatic zipper bag and also
has these accessories:
•
Safety Shunt plug
•
Mini-SD Card and Adapter
•
Two 9v battery adapters
•
Information sheet
•
Three small black jumpers
attached to their pins
Retain the antistatic bag to store
your flight computer between uses.
Two nine volt battery adapters are
included for your use. If you
misplace or damage either of the adapters, please make sure to purchase high quality, well
constructed battery adapters. Cheaply made adapters can lose contact under the stresses of flight
computer acceleration, potentially causing catastrophic failure.
Setting up your Hardware
The terminal blocks are used to connect all the wires to the flight computer. Terminal block 1 is
grouped into five pairs of pins which are all part of the pyro system. Terminal block 2 has three
pairs of pins including the power connection to the CPU and two different input ports. Each pair of
pins has a specific function. Input functions include battery power and data inputs. The outputs
connect the flight computer to your pyro devices.
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