Sept. 15-28

• Our team is offered the opportunity to take a part in the ROCKSAT-C mission
• We accept this as our senior design project

Sept. 29-Oct 12

• Intent to Fly approved
• Begin brainstorming mission goals
• Looked into additional missions from professors Dr. Mirotznik and Dr. Zang

Oct 13-19

• Begin CoDR preparations
• I took roles in both the Mission Overview and Design Overview

Oct 20-26

• Dr. Cotton made final revisions for our CoDR before we presented to Audrey
• Got a Geiger Counter to try and work with in the meantime

Oct 26-Nov 2

• Presented our CoDR to Audrey
• Begin preparations for PDR on Nov. 13

Nov 3-15

• Geiger Counter manufacturer info is mostly in Japanese, so will need to find translations
• code exists but excessive physical shaking of device returns inaccurate data
• Meeting with Dr. Zang involving HEMT transistors
• Presented PDR
• Begin preparations for CDR

Nov 26

• Continue CDR work
• Designing schematics for INSS/Power Board
• ***Next*** Make PCB if time

Feb 21

• Began schematic design for transistor IV curve analyzer
• Learning how to write code for transferring data into storage
• Coding voltmeter/ammeter to teensy
• Searching for alternative Geiger Counter
• Khalid and I are in communication with Scott McCracken, facility specialist at the UDel Nanofabrication Lab, regarding wire bonding the transistor.

Feb 28 - Mar 6

• Transistor is currently too small for wire bonding. Asked Dr. Zeng's group to redesign transistor.
• Soldered headers onto Teensy and accelerometers
• Teensy has working code
• Teensy able to read data from accelerometer
• Accelerometer data successfully transferred to and saved on MicroSD card
• Next up is to send a PCB schematic to be made to replace wires

Mar 7 - Mar 13

• Ordered parts for geiger counter and transistor circuit
• Drawing up low- level schematics for voltage sweep circuit
• Skeleton code for Teensy to capture current and voltage data

Mar 14 - 20

• Work on voltage sweep circuit
• Made ISTR Powerpoint to prep for report
• Presented ISTR
• Brainstorm ideas for Plug-and-Play board

Apr 4-10

• Power Regulator breadboarding
• Refining part usage to get better output voltages

Apr 11-17

• Solder power voltage board for testing
• Will bring as a backup board to Wallops

Apr 25-30, May 1

• Assembled DIY geiger counter
• Code written for DIY geiger counter

May 2-8

• Soldered voltage sweep board
• Made concept CADs of physical mounting locations for all parts within capsule

May 9-15

• Full systems test
• Physical parts are working, SD card not saving data

May 16-22

• Designing Plug-and-Play board
• Sourcing 9-Pin connection devices
• Editing SD card save/write code
• Drafting Final Report
• Preparing for FSMR (Final presentation for RockSat-C Program))