Flight Computer

The Flight Computer is the hardware & software that triggers the rocket events.

Inputs

  • Environment (External)

    • Acceleration

      • Max: 50 G

    • Altitude

    • Attitude (pose/orientation)

    • GPS data

    • Magnetic Field

    • Temperature

  • Power Systems

    • Vmin: 3 V

    • Vnominal: 3.7 V

    • Vmax: 16 V

Outputs

  • Pyro Charges (External)

    • Vmin: 4 V

    • Vnominal: 12 V

    • Vmax: 16 V

  • Ground Station Transceiver

Block Properties

We are currently required to use a commercial solution. Both the booster and sustainer have an Altus Metrum TeleMega and EasyMega each. The EasyMega is just a TeleMega without any RF capabilities and will be serving as a backup flight computer. Both of these systems are running AltOS. For more information about Altus Metrum products, visit the Altus Metrum website.