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Active Drag System

The Active Drag System (ADS for short) is a multifaceted project that employs a combination of a mechanical rack and pinion with a digital servo to simultaneously actuate a set of four, symmetric air brakes on the rocket. The electronics that reside in this system are primarily featured on a custom, 4-layer RP2040-based PCB.

High-Level Component View: - Raspberry Pi RP2040 dual ARM Cortex-M0+ MCU - Winbond W25Q128JVSIQ serial flash memory - Measurement Specialties MS5607 Micro Altimeter Module - Analog Devices ADXL375 3-Axis Digital MEMS Accelerometer - TDK InvenSense IIM-42653 6-Axis Digital MEMS IMU - Memsic MMC5983MA 3-axis magnetometer - Texas Instruments MCT8316Z0RRGFR Integrated FET 8A Brushless Motor Driver

3D Rendered Views of a Completed Board via KiCad:

The following are images produced by the gerbers provided to OSH Park, LLC for PCB fabrication in the layer order of 1 (top) - 4.