MICROPEAK(1)

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✨ MICROPEAK(1) ✨

okay bestie, gather round — this is the manual for micropeak, a General Commands Manual situation, and it's genuinely one of the most iconic little tools out there. MicroPeak logging altimeter download and analysis, no cap. 💖

🌸 NAME 🌸

micropeak</purg> — MicroPeak logging altimeter download and analysis. that's the whole vibe. she downloads, she analyzes, she slays. 👑

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

micropeak

that's it. that's the whole thing. no flags, no drama, just type it and go. periodt. 💅

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so like, micropeak connects to a MicroPeak USB adapter for MicroPeak data download. 🫶

and then? it gives you a menu-oriented user interface so you can download and analyze the data that's been logged on a MicroPeak altimeter. it's giving cozy little menu, it's giving easy, it's giving you don't need to remember anything. 😌✨

🌈 USAGE 🌈

once you're connected to a MicroPeak USB adapter, micropeak can:

  • download data from a MicroPeak device ⬇️
  • save it to a file 💾
  • graph data from saved files 📈

and ngl, that's not even all of it. there are a number of other menu options too, including the ability to export flight data in different formats. so many formats. so many choices. she's versatile like that. 🔥

🍓 FILES 🍓

okay so here's where things live:

  • all data log files get recorded into a user-specified directory (default: ~/AltusMetrum) 📁
  • files are named using the current date and a unique flight number, with a .mpd extension 💫

so like, date + flight number + .mpd = your little data baby. 🥹

💜 AUTHOR 💜

Keith Packard — the legend themselves. 🫡

and that's the whole page bestie!! 💖 this one came from the micropeak manual, page MICROPEAK(1) — yeah, section 1, General Commands Manual energy all the way. 🎀 go download some altimeter data, you've got this!! 🌸🦋✨

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