This was a UC Aerospace club project. As part of the avionics team, I helped to design and assemble a fully in-house flight computer. My work on this project involved ensuring the sensors (pressure, temperature, IMU, magnetometer) were wired correctly in the schematic, and that there were no I2C address conflicts.
The system also included a rp2040 MCU, a GNSS module, and a LoRa chip for communication with a ground station. The board shape was designed to fit inside the body of a rocket, utilizing separate layers to keep a small form factor. Communication between layers was achieved with connector boards – these doubled as mechanical supports.
This project is intended only for data collection, telemetry and location of the rocket once it has descended. Bluestone does not control ignition or deployment of the parachute. Although, there were plans to implement these features in a related project, so we will see what happens.