PSAS/ PSAS Avionics Team

The Avionics team is currently working on 'AV3' class hardware and firmware for the Launch Vehicle No. 2c airframe. The AV3 hardware includes a PowerPC flight computer, a USB-based avionics bus, and a half-dozen USB-based avionics nodes including a GPS, IMU, power system, recovery node, and amateur TV broadcast.

Sponsored projects

These projects are undergraduate engineering capstones that PSAS has sponsored:

Avionics System version 3

Here are the current subsystems in the AV3 avionics system:

Misc

Deprecated and unorganized subsystems:

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Avionics Development Information

Avionics System 3 (AV3) Hardware

Avionics Hardware/Software Tools

Other Advanced Amateur Avionics Systems

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From Spencer Webb of AntennaSys:

Avionics Team Meeting Minutes

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2011-06-10 - Restart v4 CPA work

2011-05-15 - Build of node5 prototyping boards

2011-05-03 - Firmware structure discussion

2011-03-29 - Lecture on soldering, FC to Node5 GFE USB Communication

2009-07-21 - Avionics mounting structure

2009-06-09 - Next steps! And 802.11a adapters?

2009-02-17 - EAGLE CAD Workshop

2009-01-15 - The Universal Rocket Bus

2008-08-13 - Switched launch dates, airframe update, and avionics update.

2008-07-23 - New avionics folks, nosecone mold finished, OSCON

2008-07-02 - Standalone ATV System discussion and design start

2008-04-09 - Ad Hoc comm team meeting on communication system frequencies

2007-09-26 - Fire test of MJG Technologies J-Tek igniter

2007-08-08 - General meeting; ikiwiki demo session

2007-04-11 - Bruce gives a presentation on RTOSs for the LPC2148

2007-03-28

2007-03-14 - Recovery Node discussion

2007-03-07 - Beginning to hand out projects for AV2c...

2007-01-03 - Where are we, where are we going

2006-09-06 - Notes up until this point

2006-02-15 - EAGLE CAD Workshop

2005-12-16 - Capstone Team: Official meeting with faculty advisor, Mark Faust

2005-11-30 - More avionics architecture, PPC flight computer, and CAN vs USB discussions

2005-10-25 - Discussion of avionics architecture and PPC flight computer

2005-08-18

20094-11-02 - LV2 Avionics Module complete!! With pictures!

2004-06-30

2004-06-09 - APS (Avionics Power System) design: Li Ion battery charger choice

2004-05-30 - Critical path scheduling and APS

2004-05-02

2004-02-01 - Chat with Professor Jim Binkley about 802.11b and Linux drivers

2003-12-30 - Magnetometers

2003-10-13 - Power measurements on each component of the avionics system

2003-10-07 - What's next, timelines, task lists

2003-08-26 - To do list, what's critical

2003-07-22 - Non-PDX tasks, Protocols, LTC, Rocketview API, Routers

2003-06-24 - Things to do by August 22nd

2003-03-11 - Recovery node design review

2003-02-26

2003-01-28 - EAGLE PCB CAD Workshop

2002-09-10 - Hardware work @ Andrew's; Software @ FAB CS lounge: telemetry client works

2002-09-08 - ATV distro board and PicCore @ Andrew's; Software @ FAB CS lounge

2002-08-27 - GPS CAN node done; Clementine determined to be broken

2002-08-25 - ATV hardware & distro board designed. Jupiter boards programmed. Ate pizza.

2002-08-20 - PicCore lecture; James starts hacking FC software together

2002-08-13 - Overview of what needs to be done; James' notes on FC update

2002-08-11 - Paul and Andrew discuss GPS node processing

2002-07-21 - More to-do items; got LV1b 2m receiver to work, and tested it

2002-07-07 - Getting CAN nodes working w/PicCore

2002-06-25 - Paul and Nate's CAN node dev system finally up and running

2002-06-18 - Project timeline until the scheduled 8/3 launch

2002-05-28 - James hacks away on FC, Andrew on the beginnings of PicCore

2002-05-26

2002-05-21

2002-05-14

2002-04-28

2002-04-14

2002-04-07

2002-03-10

2002-03-03

2002-02-27

2002-01-23

2002-01-09

2001-12-16

2001-12-04 - OGI Lecture: Intro to Extreme Programming (XP)

2001-09-25

2001-09-20

2001-09-15

2001-08-29

2001-08-21

2001-08-15

2001-08-02

2001-07-25

2001-07-17

2001-06-27 - Meeting with Jim Binkley of PSU CS on 802.11b

2001-05-29 - Avionics Meeting in PCAT 103

2000-01-18 - General Meeting in PCAT 103