https://martantoine.github.io/tags/pcb-assembly/Recent content in PCB Assembly on Antoine Martin's BlogHugo -- gohugo.ioen-usSat, 22 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://martantoine.github.io/posts/io_rocket_avionic/Sat, 22 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://martantoine.github.io/posts/io_rocket_avionic/<h2 id="project-description">Project Description</h2> <p>The IO Rocket was a ~ 1.8 meters rocket made by members of the [https://epflrocketteam.ch/our-projects/io/](EPFL Rocket Team - ERT).</p> <p>It wasn&rsquo;t designed for competition purposed but rather to let us learn new skills as many of us building the rocket were in their first or second year of bachelor.</p> <p>I&rsquo;ve personnaly worked under the avionic sub-system, more precisely I was tasked to build to PCBs responsible for telemetry and triggering the second explosive charge (to deploy the second chute).</p> <p>It was for me the opportunity to learn the software Altium Designer, a schematic and PCB design software</p> <p>Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the IO project was ended sooner than expected and we never had the opportunity to rebuild a second enhanced version.</p> <p>In fact, the only IO rocket we&rsquo;ve launched was really rough, see below ;) <div style="text-align: center; margin: 1.5rem 0;"> <video controls style="max-width: 100%;"> <source src="https://martantoine.github.io/posts/io_rocket_avionic/20200222_170717.mp4" type="video/mp4"> </video> </div> </p> <h2 id="some-insights-of-the-avionic">Some insights of the avionic</h2> <p>Components:</p> <ul> <li>IMU : attitude</li> <li>BMP180 : pressure, altitude, temperature</li> <li>Arduino nano : MCU</li> <li>Lora : Radio</li> </ul> <p> <div style="text-align: center; margin: 1.5rem 0;"> <img src="render_avionic_pcb.png" alt="" loading="lazy" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"> </div> <div style="text-align: center; margin: 1.5rem 0;"> <img src="https://martantoine.github.io/posts/io_rocket_avionic/cover.png" alt="" loading="lazy" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"> </div> </p> <h2 id="memories">Memories..</h2> <p> <div style="text-align: center; margin: 1.5rem 0;"> <img src="https://martantoine.github.io/posts/io_rocket_avionic/20200222_164829.jpg" alt="" loading="lazy" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"> </div> <div style="text-align: center; margin: 1.5rem 0;"> <img src="https://martantoine.github.io/posts/io_rocket_avionic/group.jpg" alt="" loading="lazy" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"> </div> </p>