Arduino Nano Atmospheric Lander
Technical Overview
This project involved designing a self-contained telemetry unit capable of gathering atmospheric data during a controlled parachute descent and transmitting it wirelessly to a ground station.
- Sensor Integration: Integrated a suite of sensors via I2C/SPI, including:
- Barometer: For altitude and pressure tracking.
- IMU (Accel/Gyro): For orientation and descent stability analysis.
- Temperature: For environmental profiling.
- Recovery System: Designed and tested a miniature parachute deployment system to ensure a controlled descent rate for stable data sampling.
- Wireless Telemetry: Established a radio frequency (RF) link between the Lander (Emitter) and Ground Station (Receiver) for real-time monitoring.
- Data Analytics: Post-processed raw sensor data using smoothing algorithms (Moving Averages) to generate clean graphical representations of the flight profile.