VAN ORIN, Illinois USA — Tim Lehr announced today that Wildman Rocketry has been named as the exclusive US distributor for AED Electronics and the R-DAS line of flight computers.  AED has also just announced the availability of the new R-DAS Tiny, a new smaller footprint R-DAS unit which obsoletes the previous R-DAS Compact unit.

Tim Lehr said, "We have just received our first shipment of this exciting new model, and they're already almost sold out! Our second shipment is already on the way."  The new R-DAS Tiny sells for $305 and has an exciting set of new features:

• Four independent igniter output ports
• Dual axis accelerometer
• Small printed circuit board (28x80mm / 1.1"x3.15"), fits in 29mm rockets!
• USB interface: super-fast data download
• Reduced power usage
• More storage memory
• 16x more processing power than the Classic/Compact

Three generations of R-DAS flight computer; R-DAS classic (obsolete), R-DAS compact (now also obsolete), and the new R-DAS v4.0, code name "Tiny".

100% Backward Compatibility

• Compatible with all expansion boards
• Same user interface

USB download and configuration

• Super-fast downloads are now possible thanks to the USB interface.
• A full memory download now takes less than 12 seconds.
• The R-DAS Tiny comes with a USB cable.

More data memory

The data memory is more than doubled. Here are some data logging examples:

• 29 minutes of acceleration and altitude data at 200 samples per second
• 8 minutes of 8 analog channels and digital status at 200 samples per second
• When using lower sample rates the storage times become proportionally longer!

Modern micro-processor

A long term advantage is the modern micro-processor and the large amount of program memory. The processor is 16x faster than the one used in the Classic/Compact and has 8x more program memory. This enables AED to implement new features in the future.

Visit Wildman Rocketry at http://www.wildmanrocketry.com/ for more information on this offering, as well as the range of add-on boards available.

03-27-2007 04:38 PM  #1
crontab Certified Level Three   Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 204	Wow, this product just keeps getting better...

03-28-2007 01:10 PM  #2
Raider Rocketry Low Power Enthusiast   Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 128	Very nice. It's still a bit large, physically, for the application I am going to be using unless I end up redesigning Gizmo's Gadget yet again. Still, it's very nice to see products continue to provide more information in a smaller package.