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The subsystem assignments:
| Firmware | Kalman Filter | HOOTL | Groundstation | Integration | Radio | Electronics/Hardware |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parker | Lili | Julian | Ether | Ahmad | Dennis | Ishaan |
| Daniel | Grady | Madison | Jonathan | Ishaan | Diego | Dennis |
| Jared | Luke | Tanya | Joe | Ether | Curtis | James |
| Jonathan | Dun | Georgia | Emily | Parker | Pedro | Pedro |
| Ether | Alexis | Maya | Cristian | Lili | James | Lachtu |
| Zack | Shreyaa | Ishaan | Ahmad | |||
| Luke | Joe | |||||
| Georgia |
Subsystem descriptions:
1. Electronics/hardware:
Designing PCBs, soldering, assembling and testing them.
2. Firmware
Writing code in C++ for Pyxida (the main flight computer) and CCB (Camera Controller Board), along with unit tests for them.
3. Kalman filter:
The sensor fusion algorithm. If you want to learn more about it, I recommend this video series.
Will involve lots of physics (fluids in particular) and linear algebra.
4. HOOTL:
Hardware Out Of The Loop Testing - a utility for running firmware on a non-embedded machine in a sandbox to verify correctness in simulated scenarios.
5. Groundstation:
Software in Python, used to monitor the rocket in flight. A lot of progress happened last year, so this is not on the critical path.
6. Integration:
In charge of integrating all the pieces of hardware on the rocket, including:
- Pyxida
- Camera board
- COTS altimeters
- Cameras
Also will focus on getting the cameras to work, with the new hardwired camera connections for power and feedback.
7. Radio communication:
In charge of radio antenna and link testing, working with RF stuff. The most undefined for now, as we have very little RF expertise, os perhaps we would be reaching out to the MIT radio society.
About the team
Subteam Leads
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