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Nov 19th

Considering ordering the power board on its own for now. The only issue is the wait time. Could continue with 6502 stuff until then or work on the CPU board.

Here's the current check list of things to implement:

  1. Battery protection IC
  2. Charging IC
  3. Buck-boost

Nov 18th

Learnt that I shouldn't just use a mosfet since there's power switching/charging ICs

Nov 16th

Agenda for today:

  • Altium with GitHub
  • Altium with Solidworks
  • Begin 4" Avionics

Init

I'm starting a new website. Getting tired of my php site.

I noticed my school is behind compared to other schools. I plan on getting us up to speed, while at the same time learning as much as possible. The end goal is making a rocket that can compete with waterloo's borealis. If all goes right, we'd launch it at LC 2026. This year (LC 2025), the goal is to make a mojave spinx esque rocket. I'm going to start off with recovery, and avionics. The reason being, is that it is possible to launch the same avionics in a 4 inch diameter kit rocket, that we could use in a mojave sphinx. The recovery system will be almost the exact same.

The first thing I'm gonna do is make a very simple board in Altium. It will have the rp 2040, a usbc port, flash, a LED, reset button, pin out, USB over current protection, a barometer and an accelerometer. It'll be a bit better than a pico.