Project · UCLA Rocket Project
Rocket Altimeter Avionics
Flight electronics for altitude & telemetry · Jan 2026 – Present
I design and test the avionics for a rocket altimeter, handling sensor integration, signal conditioning, and data acquisition, and validating altitude measurement from pressure-sensor data to support real-time flight telemetry and post-flight analysis.
AvionicsSignal ConditioningPressure SensingData AcquisitionTelemetry
Signal path
Pressure to altitude to telemetry
A pressure sensor's raw output is conditioned, digitized, and converted into a clean altitude value, then logged and streamed for live telemetry and later analysis.
Sense
Pressure Sensor
barometric
Condition
Signal Chain
clean the signal
Acquire
DAQ
sample & log
Convert
Altitude
validated
Stream
Telemetry
real-time + post-flight
Contributions
What I do
- Designed and tested avionics circuitry for the altimeter, sensor integration, signal conditioning, and data acquisition.
- Implemented and validated altitude measurement from pressure-sensor data.
- Supported real-time flight telemetry and post-flight analysis.
Stack
Tools
AvionicsSignal ConditioningSensor IntegrationData AcquisitionPressure SensingTelemetry
Board photos or flight-data plots can be added here.