NovaGlider

I know it’s been a long time, but I’ve been really busy lately for CanSat, but with things that don’t track time. We have submitted our report 2 weeks ago, and have received the news that we have been selected for the semi-finals!

Since then, I’ve streamlined the sensor management, and created an easy way to write all of our data to the sd card in csv format, using a dynamic filename system.

I’ve also finished the pcb, which has been sent out for chipment.

I have finished the pcb, as well as the GETTING_STARTED.md, as well as the pcb (I’ll revise it though)

Also, my teammates took my phone, so that’s the bonus picture.

On the software side, I am creating all of the drivers that my teammate will need in order to get started (he’s less of a geek, with no experience, so I handle the more complex stuff because of our limited time). I will then write a GETTING_STARTED.md file for him, that’ll hopefully save him a lot of time.

I have managed to get all power circuitry in place, as well as the central MCU and the microSD-card. This has proven challenging, but easier than expected.

electrical design best practices followed: 0
DRC rules broken: my pc exploded before DRC was done (I haven’t run it yet, and my pc is fine, I joke too much)
sanity left: 0
times I declared myself crazy for doing this: 12

Also, I’ve been able to keep this project one sided for now, nice!

Also, someone liked my previous devpost, thank you :)

I have routed all individual ‘blocks’, but some things really aren’t the way they should be (see picture). I will try to clean up a little, and after that I’ll try to bring all these blocks together.

I also noticed (far to late) that all my trace width calculations were done for 2 oz copper, so I guess the pcb will be a little more expensive than previously planned.

I am working on the pcb. It ain’t easy, and I keep doubting mself :). I’m rather confident that I’ll have to make a V2 with a lot of changes.

I have split the pcb up in ‘blocks’, components with the same function. I will now try to route all of them, and after that I’ll try to bring these blocks together on the final pcb. I am trying to stay in one layer, but it’s proving very difficult.