TY - GEN
T1 - Design and Implementation of Flight Computer for Sounding Rockets - S3FC
AU - Pathak, Shekhar
AU - Agarwal, Sameer
AU - Kakumanu, Sohith
AU - Sudhakar, Siddharth
AU - Srinivas, G.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors thank Manipal Institute of Technology for supporting this research. The authors also extend their gratitude to colleagues from thrustMIT, who provided insight and expertise that immensely assisted this study
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 IEEE.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - In sounding rockets, avionics is a vital component. Typically for sounding rockets' avionics, apogee detection, parachute deployment, and telemetry are essential functions. Any issues with avionics can pose multiple threats, potentially resulting in the loss of the entire rocket itself, if not worse. Series 3 Flight Computer (S3FC), a flight computer designed by thrustMIT, takes multiple considerations to prevent catastrophic failures, such as - neither parachute ejection event happens without ensuring that the rocket has successfully launched from the ground, the code ignores rapid fluctuations in sensor readings to avoid unintentional ejections, the Global Positioning System (GPS) location of the rocket sent to the ground station aids in avoiding contact with people during descent, telemetry uses Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) so that the ground station could detect if the data received is faulty, and the fabrication of the circuit board happens through commercial Printed Circuit Board (PCB) manufacturing facilities, ensuring the quality is up to the mark. The quality check during manufacturing includes verifying the usage of a suitable temperature gradient-rated material, short-circuit protection, and necessary trace tolerance. This paper aims to outline the development of a low-cost flight computer (S3FC) to achieve the above-mentioned tasks.
AB - In sounding rockets, avionics is a vital component. Typically for sounding rockets' avionics, apogee detection, parachute deployment, and telemetry are essential functions. Any issues with avionics can pose multiple threats, potentially resulting in the loss of the entire rocket itself, if not worse. Series 3 Flight Computer (S3FC), a flight computer designed by thrustMIT, takes multiple considerations to prevent catastrophic failures, such as - neither parachute ejection event happens without ensuring that the rocket has successfully launched from the ground, the code ignores rapid fluctuations in sensor readings to avoid unintentional ejections, the Global Positioning System (GPS) location of the rocket sent to the ground station aids in avoiding contact with people during descent, telemetry uses Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) so that the ground station could detect if the data received is faulty, and the fabrication of the circuit board happens through commercial Printed Circuit Board (PCB) manufacturing facilities, ensuring the quality is up to the mark. The quality check during manufacturing includes verifying the usage of a suitable temperature gradient-rated material, short-circuit protection, and necessary trace tolerance. This paper aims to outline the development of a low-cost flight computer (S3FC) to achieve the above-mentioned tasks.
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U2 - 10.1109/ICECA55336.2022.10009446
DO - 10.1109/ICECA55336.2022.10009446
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85147535336
T3 - 6th International Conference on Electronics, Communication and Aerospace Technology, ICECA 2022 - Proceedings
SP - 164
EP - 170
BT - 6th International Conference on Electronics, Communication and Aerospace Technology, ICECA 2022 - Proceedings
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 6th International Conference on Electronics, Communication and Aerospace Technology, ICECA 2022
Y2 - 1 December 2022 through 3 December 2022
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