September 2, 2004

Yesterday, I received the amplifier for the xpdr grey code output from BMA. I was a little disappointed that I had to pay another $101 for this with shipping. Looking at it, it seems a little big. The documentation says just plug and play. I wasn’t so sure it would fit between my E1 CPU and the encoder plug.

So tonight, I stopped by the hangar to try it out. Basically, it turned out to be too long. I figured that I may be able to get it inside the actual E1 CPU, but I remember it being a tight squeeze in there. I opened up the box, and to my delight, there seemed to be enough room in there for it! It just slotted in between a couple of the PCB boards. Sweet. So, things were looking up.

I’ll take some pictures of it next time I’m there. I didn’t have my camera with me.

Now my xpdr has altitude!