Electronic Parachute Deployment System
The Team
From left to right: Kyle Christian (EE), Moses Jones (EE), Ian McCall (CpE), Tayloire Thomas (EE), Ryan Lupinski (EE). Not pictured: Peter Semig and Mike Mock (TI sponsors), and Dr. Asmussen (Team Facilitator).
Overview
We were instructed to design an electronic parachute deployment system that would incorporate a TI-MSP430 microcontroller that utilized an altimeter and accelerometer to deploy the rocket's parachutes without failure.