Space Race 2021 Flight Computer(s)

Space race 2021 teams will have the option of creating custom flight computers to fly on their rockets. A flight computer can be designed to several things from telemetry logging, GPS location, charge deployment, camera control, and any other electronically controllable systems.

There will be a few restrictions/suggestions placed on the flight computers:

The central MCU (microcontroller unit) must be a chip in the teensy family
Boards must physically be at least perfboards
- Although PCBs are more robust, they are very time consuming to create and not necessarily worth it in this scenario
If you use a radio transmitter, it is strongly suggested to use a 900MHz LoRa XBee
- You will be able to use the pre-existing IREC ground receiver and ground station if you use this chip
- If you want to use a different radio but still want to use the ground station, talk to Will Merges (RIT Student) or Joy Sangsrichan (RIT Student) (Deactivated)
Charge deployment is optional
- If you want to deploy charges with your flight computer you will need to contact the avionics team and let them know early
- Charges will require more thorough design and testing due to the risk involved

Some suggested sensors to include on your computer:

Altimeter
Accelerometer
IMU (Inertial Measurement Unit)
Radio transmitter/receiver
GPS
Flash/SD card storage (to store telemetry data)