Five of the eleven projects in the catalogue. Show all projects.
April 2026 · Solo project
A custom three-board flight computer designed to run ArduPilot on a high-performance microcontroller, separating the vibration-sensitive sensor electronics from the main flight computer and power distribution hardware. The sensor board is the first completed hardware component; the flight-management and carrier boards are currently in the schematic development phase.
2023–2024 · Team member 2023; Avionics Team Lead 2024
A flight computer developed over two hardware revisions and two roles. As a team member in 2023 I led the sensor suite design and laid out the Sensor Board; as Avionics Team Lead in 2024 I directed the second revision, addressing the USB interface faults and thermal issues the first prototype exposed. The system provided reliable tracking and telemetry on lower-powered test flights up to 8,000 feet.
2024-2025 · Avionics and Tracking Lead
A battery-powered launch controller talking to pad hardware over LoRa. It runs on dual 18650 lithium-ion cells with integrated USB-C charging, and its panel carries two seven-segment displays, status indicators and a launch button. The button interface is debounced in hardware using RC filters and Schmitt triggers rather than in firmware. I did the schematic design, circuit modelling and hardware validation of the controller board, and modelled the enclosure and mounting hardware in 3D CAD.
2025 · Electrical systems lead
A tripod-mounted field unit carrying siren and beacon alerts across a high-power rocketry range. I led the electrical design and implementation, covering PCB layout, RF front-end development and firmware integration around a NUCLEO-WL55JC and its STM32WL, with the LoRa stack configured half-duplex for bidirectional exchange between the launch site and range safety stations. The custom PCB runs from inputs up to 8S LiPo, generates regulated 12 V and 5 V rails, and switches the unit's siren and beacon.
2024 · Avionics Team Lead
Five structured workshops taking UC Aerospace members from datasheets and component packages through flight computer architecture, sensor selection, schematic practice and PCB layout. Participants who completed all sessions assembled and tested their own SMD-based flight computers.