STAGE_01⌘
Electronic design
Schematic capture, PCB layout, and 3D board views in Altium Designer before assembly.
HELIOS ROCKET FLIGHT / TVC + FLIGHT COMPUTERHELIOS
HELIOS
TVC System.
An experimental flight computer and two-axis thrust vector control system. Development brings together custom boards, attitude control, data logging, and telemetry for a ground station.
TVC / PITCH + YAWESP32-S2XBEE / 25 HZ
01 — PROJECT OVERVIEWHardware, data
HELIOS / TVC MODULE 1.1Hardware, data
and integration.
The project history describes Helios as the flight computer for the TVC system. Its current architecture uses an ESP32-S2, two servos for pitch and yaw, motion and pressure sensors, GPS, flash memory, and an XBee radio.
The custom ground station displays telemetry through charts and indicators. The records show altitude, speed, acceleration, attitude, and GPS tracking, alongside Altium Designer work, board assembly, and bench instrumentation.
01TVC → pitch / yaw axes
02flight_computer → sensors + logging
03XBee → telemetry + ground station
02 — DEVELOPMENT STAGESFrom circuit board
From circuit board
to integrated system.
A selection of stages documented in the project records.
STAGE_02◈
Assembly and integration
Flight computer boards, sensors, GPS, and actuation modules connected in the structure.
STAGE_03⌁
Firmware and telemetry
Two-axis control, 25 Hz logging, and XBee transmission to the ground station.
03 — SYSTEM ARCHITECTUREFour layers.
Four layers.
One data flow.
A summary of the architecture reflected in the project code and development records.
CORE / ESP32-S2⌘
Flight computer
Coordinates sensors, control, storage, and communications.
CONTROL / 2 AXES↗
Pitch/yaw control
Two servos set at 90° provide the TVC actuation.
SENSORS / GNSS⌁
Sensors and position
MPU6050 IMU, BME280 barometer, and u-blox NEO-M9N GPS.
DATA / XBEE⇢
Logging and telemetry
Flash memory logging at 25 Hz and XBee packets to the ground station.
T,time_ms,ALT=...,VS=...,ROLL=...,PITCH=...,YAW=...,GPSLAT=...,GPSLON=...,GPSALT=...,FIX=...
04 — FLIGHT RECORDING
Helios on video.
A video record shared with the project images.
HELIOS / VIDEO LOGPLAY MANUALLY
05 — PROJECT GALLERYDevelopment
Open full gallery ↗Development
in detail.
Boards, modules, the ground station, and bench tests. Select an image to enlarge it.
