Recreate the Apollo Guidance Computer

 (raspberrypi.com)

37 points | by Brajeshwar 3 days ago

4 comments

  • cypherpunk666 11 minutes ago
    It was a lot of up-front work, and BIG DESIGN UP FRONT allowed the thing to succeed in production.

    https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vV1hIcqcMQ3VEIFeb8Bg6zwE...

  • ChuckMcM 1 hour ago
    I'm always amazed at how you could fly to the Moon with such basic controls. The Apollo capsule controls compared to the Dragon controls really feels like the difference between a Wright Flyer and a modern glass cockpit airplane.
  • GaryNumanVevo 34 minutes ago
    Reminded me of one of my favorite Applied Science videos where he makes an electroluminescent DSKY display: https://youtu.be/Z2o_Sp2-aBo
  • pj_mukh 2 hours ago
    Fascinating. Is there a read somewhere on the control and thruster algorithms?

    I have no doubt a pi can run them now