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The team over at SparkFun showed a link to this great project which embedded a an Arduino Pro Mini into a rocket and I felt it was worth exploring further. Check out the Arduino Pro's and Pro minis in the MindKits store as they are awesome for embedding in projects that you plan to leave in place for a while, power by battery or need to tuck away in small spaces. They're also cheaper than the Arduino USB boards and you just program them with a USB to serial adaptor which we can supply you too.

 

From the article:
"Yesterday I headed over to a local trotting track with Thomas to meet up with Marc Alexander, Rohan Fernando, and their kids to do a couple of launches with Marco Ostini's class-C rocket fitted with an Arduino telemetry payload. Rohan brought a video camera and Marc brought a still camera, and it was a beautiful day so we got some really good coverage. This was a triple-purpose trip: Arduino development for Practical Arduino, rocketry education for Lunar Numbat, and an excuse to have some fun."

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