Flight Computer for a TVC Model Rocket

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  • Опубліковано 15 вер 2022
  • An overview of an STM32 flight computer / avionics PCB I designed!
    It is capable of stabilising and guiding a model rocket using thrust vector control (TVC).
    Some useful UA-cam channels that helped me:
    PCB Design: / phils94
    Electronics: / greatscottlab
    Rocketry: / bpsspace
    Coding (C++): / thechernoproject
    Support me on Patreon: / jacobthornhill
    Twitter: / jacbthornhill
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 137

  • @jacobthornhill
    @jacobthornhill  Рік тому +34

    So, about the upload schedule...
    I have been very busy with school over the past year having just finished my GCSEs, and I haven't had much time to work on rockets (let alone videos). I will upload a few more times by the end of the year, and I will try to post update videos more consistently.
    In the meantime, I will be preparing to launch the rocket that this computer will be flying on, and after that I will post a video about the launch and the details of the rocket.
    I hope you enjoyed the video!
    PS. Sorry for the re-upload. I messed up the audio on the previous version.

    • @ddegn
      @ddegn Рік тому +4

      Personally, I don't want to watch videos which are uploaded just to meet some "upload schedule." I much prefer videos made because the author had something they wanted to share. Thanks for sharing your progress with us.

    • @nathansparkes465
      @nathansparkes465 Рік тому +1

      Fucking awesome

    • @leog1557
      @leog1557 Рік тому +5

      Jacob Thornhill

    • @johnmorgangriffith8926
      @johnmorgangriffith8926 Рік тому +1

      Leo G

    • @А27-ъ4у
      @А27-ъ4у 9 місяців тому +1

      Добрый день. Вы молодец что занимаетесь и работаете в области электроники. Скажите пожалуйста, в какой программе и вы рисовали схему в этом видео?

  • @bun72642
    @bun72642 Рік тому +2

    Glad to see updates on the rocket, great job! : )

  • @swiss-dynamics5877
    @swiss-dynamics5877 Рік тому +5

    Very nice Job! I aspire to come as close to this accomplishment as you have. Also I like the channel refrences in the description.

  • @Niraj-cy6rk
    @Niraj-cy6rk 10 місяців тому +1

    Your efforts always inspire us.Thanks for sharing & best of luck for your upcoming projects.

  • @ianhorsley4751
    @ianhorsley4751 Рік тому +15

    Really impressive. I echo Bob’s comments. A fantastic multi disciplined project. Good luck with the integration. Look forward to the launch

  • @echo-hotel
    @echo-hotel Рік тому +2

    This is amazing. Great job!

  • @Bob_too
    @Bob_too Рік тому +32

    This is amazing Jacob.
    The breadth of this project is truly beyond your years. SBC development, programming, interface integration, 3D design and parts production at this level is certainly beyond B.Eng level. I can’t wait to see the continued development, simulation debugging in prep for flights tests. Well done !!
    P.S. Love the new logo,

  • @HouseBricksDoor187
    @HouseBricksDoor187 9 місяців тому +1

    This will be a big win for diy home missile tech

  • @general_isaac
    @general_isaac Рік тому +2

    This is very impressive!

  • @anoniem012
    @anoniem012 7 місяців тому

    You speak very clear and quality project m8

  • @rashedmamun3759
    @rashedmamun3759 Рік тому

    Wow, awesome bro, waiting for next videos.

  • @ArnavGupta-st5qq
    @ArnavGupta-st5qq 6 місяців тому

    How in the world does one understand and execute all this. Mind blowing.

  • @kazi_rageeb
    @kazi_rageeb Рік тому

    Welcome back, after 1 year

  • @MrKhalio
    @MrKhalio Рік тому

    Great job, Impressive

  • @stephencarlson6297
    @stephencarlson6297 Рік тому +1

    Very impressive!

  • @LordVautier
    @LordVautier 10 місяців тому

    This is so good!

  • @user-qj9tq5rb2t
    @user-qj9tq5rb2t 6 місяців тому

    Really impressive.

  • @cuy8541
    @cuy8541 Рік тому +1

    Your gimbal is very interesting!

  • @kkuenzel56
    @kkuenzel56 5 місяців тому

    "Check Out The Big Brain On Brett"
    Very cool!

  • @DolezalPetr
    @DolezalPetr Рік тому

    I really like it!

  • @bobdalah8374
    @bobdalah8374 9 місяців тому

    Great job Jacob, next step the moon!!!

  • @googlekonto5397
    @googlekonto5397 3 місяці тому

    nice job

  • @mohamedzain8628
    @mohamedzain8628 Рік тому

    Bravo, Prince😃

  • @MohamedAfzal
    @MohamedAfzal Рік тому

    good work..

  • @funsubrehman668
    @funsubrehman668 3 місяці тому

    Great work you are genious

  • @CheeseBallszEscalator
    @CheeseBallszEscalator Рік тому

    Good stuff

  • @Prometheus7272
    @Prometheus7272 2 місяці тому

    This is very impressive I'm not a electronics guy, so I'm baffled.

  • @siddhantrao9587
    @siddhantrao9587 Рік тому

    Lovely!

  • @leog1557
    @leog1557 Рік тому +47

    Jacob Thornhill

  • @dmitrynuzhdin
    @dmitrynuzhdin Рік тому +6

    Wow, very cool. I made a STM32 (F7) flight computer for my model rocket too! Btw I made most of the soldering just with a regular iron -- never used a paste. It is easy if you have a proper flux. The only difficult thing was a gyro and barometer -- reflow was required because contacts are not accessible. I also highly recommend you do get rid of Arduino and go with STM32 HAL or CMSIS. It is possible to go with Arduino, but it limits you a lot in reality.

    • @michaellewis7758
      @michaellewis7758 Рік тому

      I tinker a bit with Arduino, what about something like Teeny ? Could still use PlatformIO/Arduino IDE and a lot more powerful than the microcontrollers used by the Arduino Nano/Uno/...

  • @dmytrokorenkov3068
    @dmytrokorenkov3068 9 місяців тому

    great job!Thanks! I am interested how i created gimbal mechanism

  • @skittle5888
    @skittle5888 Рік тому

    that pretty advanced for an amature rocket

  • @manfredbogner9799
    @manfredbogner9799 Місяць тому

    Sehr gut

  • @jameslabs1
    @jameslabs1 Рік тому

    Cool!

  • @omareldanasoury4597
    @omareldanasoury4597 8 місяців тому

    Great work!
    I was wonndering about what is 3d printer you're using to create parts and componots for the projector?

  • @mimsnshine
    @mimsnshine Рік тому

    Raytheon approves of this design

  • @awarminger2625
    @awarminger2625 Рік тому +1

    Bangable xx

  • @arjoadve
    @arjoadve 9 місяців тому

    Great job. bro . what tools to design schematic... is very cool.

  • @Xerox482
    @Xerox482 Рік тому +1

    Hmmmm any plan to open source the project. will be good to tamper with it and learn and improve things.

  • @darkknight700
    @darkknight700 Рік тому +6

    First, I would like to thank you for this detailed explanation
    Secondly, I am an aviation engineer, I have a lot of knowledge but little experience, and now I am working on my graduation project and I am trying to build a vertical missile like the one you explain. Can you give me all the details on how to build this missile step by step?
    I know I am asking a lot but I would be grateful if you would help me, and thanks again

    • @ROVA00
      @ROVA00 9 місяців тому

      No offense but how can you call yourself an engineer and still ask for a step by step guide?
      He was already kind enough to leave links to tutorials…
      Go read and watch videos and Figure it out!

    • @darkknight700
      @darkknight700 9 місяців тому +1

      @@ROVA00 very thanks ✌
      Ten months have passed, and after watching various scenes, I built a prototype and will begin experiments soon. My main problem is the limitations of the TVC, as it only moves in the range of -15. I will try to solve the problem and begin the experiments. Thanks again 👍

  • @dftdbs1010
    @dftdbs1010 6 місяців тому +3

    Can you publish the stl files and project files?

  • @kuulowsaidkuulow7569
    @kuulowsaidkuulow7569 Рік тому

    There is no teacher anywhere to learn your rockets or explosives online, thanks

  • @donbobskiy
    @donbobskiy Рік тому

    Anyway thanx and keep it up :))))

  • @syntheticperson
    @syntheticperson 7 місяців тому

    cool

  • @IvanEng747
    @IvanEng747 10 місяців тому

    Sorry for the question, which AHRS you used?
    Then how do you compensate for centrifugal forces in flight?

  • @toroddlnning6806
    @toroddlnning6806 Рік тому

    how can you stabelize the rocket towards the correct path for moonlanding after you leave earth gravityfield, the sensors wont work?

  • @jeremiahekochu2354
    @jeremiahekochu2354 5 місяців тому

    👏👏👏

  • @6Diego1Diego9
    @6Diego1Diego9 Рік тому +3

    That is really impressive. Do you have a background in embedded software engineering?

    • @siddhantrao9587
      @siddhantrao9587 Рік тому +3

      He's 16 and awesome

    • @jacobthornhill
      @jacobthornhill  Рік тому +6

      I don’t, but I have learned a lot from UA-cam and messing around with microcontrollers. (as someone said I am only 16)

    • @siddhantrao9587
      @siddhantrao9587 Рік тому +2

      @@jacobthornhill that someone is a fan and follows you on twitter too 😌

    • @brainwashalpha5495
      @brainwashalpha5495 Рік тому

      @@jacobthornhill wow thats very impressive

    • @supremeleader5516
      @supremeleader5516 Рік тому

      @@siddhantrao9587 hello Siddhant, I need to talk with u

  • @rahulpujari14507
    @rahulpujari14507 6 місяців тому +1

    Bro where to learn that code and how did you code the drivers

  • @mossadsamaha4952
    @mossadsamaha4952 9 місяців тому

    What is the function of the flying wheel on the rocket?

  • @yaboiii307
    @yaboiii307 Рік тому

    50 Hz stabilizer, almost analog Respect 🫡

  • @oleksiyt4602
    @oleksiyt4602 Рік тому

    Hi, nice work!
    As I understood this gear for the engine shift was printed by you? What 3d printer do you have?

  • @MrfB-br6yh
    @MrfB-br6yh Рік тому +1

    Any open source pcb schematics?

  • @blackglove9779
    @blackglove9779 8 місяців тому

    Your table top grid cover. What is it called?? I have tried searching on Google but couldn't find any product

  • @dibyojyotibhattacherjee897
    @dibyojyotibhattacherjee897 8 місяців тому

    I am interested in the avionics part of a rocket, how shall I proceed forward?

  • @obamabinladen6969
    @obamabinladen6969 Рік тому

    Can we place a warhead on this rocket

  • @user-we1sn1lz6i
    @user-we1sn1lz6i 6 місяців тому

    I'm thinking about creating a missile control system for my graduation project from university and I don't know where to start......... Are there any tips you can offer me?

  • @mohammadmohamad8244
    @mohammadmohamad8244 8 місяців тому

    Hi.nice

  • @TheFaridrep
    @TheFaridrep Рік тому

    nice rocket, cool tvc, would you mind if i copy your tvc mechanism design shown at 4:10 for my project?

  • @jamesfunnel4059
    @jamesfunnel4059 5 місяців тому +1

    I think a rocket that can control its position is a missile

  • @nerdtronaut
    @nerdtronaut Рік тому

    Can you please explain how to use quaternions in a future video!?

    • @jacobthornhill
      @jacobthornhill  Рік тому +4

      I’m afraid I hardly know how they work myself! I can give an outline on what my code does, but I can’t really go into the maths.
      The basic idea is to start with an identity quaternion (1+0i+0j+0k) which represents a zeroed orientation.
      At each timestep you construct a new quaternion from the gyro measurements multiplied by delta time, which represents the change in orientation the rocket has experienced since the previous timestep.
      You then multiply the first quaternion by this new one, which yields the rockets orientation at this timestep.
      I then convert back to Euler angles as that is the format most useful.
      Conversions: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conversion_between_quaternions_and_Euler_angles
      Multiplication: stackoverflow.com/questions/19956555/how-to-multiply-two-quaternions
      Hope this helps!

    • @nerdtronaut
      @nerdtronaut Рік тому

      @@jacobthornhill Thanks for your very detailed answer! This helps me so much.

  • @blastking2006
    @blastking2006 Рік тому

    Could you share your schematic

  • @prakhargarg8058
    @prakhargarg8058 8 місяців тому

    Hey how did you code the device drivers and where did you learn that complex code?

    • @jacobthornhill
      @jacobthornhill  8 місяців тому

      Phil’s Lab! He has a great channel on PCB design and some videos on low-level firmware

  • @vangard9725
    @vangard9725 Рік тому

    Me about to make a homemade self guided AGTM with this tutorial :clueless:

  • @sjtraining8139
    @sjtraining8139 2 місяці тому

    How to get into making your own flight controller? How to actually design a micro controller?

  • @rajanbhadra8845
    @rajanbhadra8845 Рік тому

    What 3D printing material do you use?

    • @jacobthornhill
      @jacobthornhill  Рік тому

      PLA. It’s a good balance of weight, strength and cost, and is very safe to print.

  • @zahidwalid3868
    @zahidwalid3868 3 місяці тому

    Am ready to pay what ever it take to build or revers engineering the cruise rocket from scratch to a product what you say ?

  • @Dat_Militia
    @Dat_Militia 11 місяців тому +1

    Are you selling this computer? Please send the pcb if it is possible

  • @ivanarakistain3885
    @ivanarakistain3885 Рік тому +1

    Is it open source?

  • @MEGLADON_0706
    @MEGLADON_0706 10 місяців тому

    How to make like this

  • @MrYega-zq7rz
    @MrYega-zq7rz 6 місяців тому

    seeing people do amazing things like this makes me realize why im a low wage factory worker with no girlfriend or future or chance

    • @abcdefg91111
      @abcdefg91111 6 місяців тому +1

      it all depends on your mentality. If you keep thinking like that you'll never get anything done in life. Know that it all relies on hardwork, patience and perseverance.
      You got this bro! Work towards something step by step

  • @florians.8081
    @florians.8081 Рік тому

    thats zinzin

  • @babyyoda1091
    @babyyoda1091 Рік тому

    what type of microcontroller is this? and did the PCB connect to your computer

    • @jacobthornhill
      @jacobthornhill  Рік тому

      It uses a STM32 (F4). It connects to my computer via USB for programming and serial coms.

    • @babyyoda1091
      @babyyoda1091 Рік тому

      @@jacobthornhill i should of worded it better. how did you remotely connect the pcb to your terminal

  • @nimoabo6458
    @nimoabo6458 9 місяців тому

    thrust vector control (TVC)

  • @supremeleader5516
    @supremeleader5516 Рік тому

    What was your college major?

  • @ahmedmoustafa6829
    @ahmedmoustafa6829 Рік тому

    why didn't you use micoSD card for logging ?

    • @kiprof4350
      @kiprof4350 11 місяців тому +1

      because high acceleration and sock can damage the SD card.

  • @MADE_BY_HUMAN
    @MADE_BY_HUMAN Місяць тому

    Please sir give me the circuit design
    And cod I am also make a rocket

  • @rainbowshark8380
    @rainbowshark8380 Рік тому

    Yoooooooo

  • @GuruImperium
    @GuruImperium 6 місяців тому

    How do I contact you Please?

  • @motomeraktv9482
    @motomeraktv9482 Рік тому

    Kolay gelsin

  • @purpleicu_840
    @purpleicu_840 Рік тому +1

    Do you write all your code in python?

    • @jacobthornhill
      @jacobthornhill  Рік тому +1

      I do use some python on my laptop for remotely commanding the rocket and processing data, but the code that runs on the rocket is all written in c++.

    • @purpleicu_840
      @purpleicu_840 4 місяці тому

      @@jacobthornhill ahh i gotcha, really cool project. How long did it take you to get the skill necessary to develop this level of coding & software development?

  • @liamdrew1348
    @liamdrew1348 Рік тому

    3:13

  • @serpentphoenix
    @serpentphoenix 8 місяців тому +1

    This could be weaponized......

  • @RADIS370
    @RADIS370 Рік тому

    You can get in a lot of legal trouble.
    Its like trying to make a guided missile

    • @matthewsoules7064
      @matthewsoules7064 Рік тому

      It can't have a target, so it's legal it might be legal to make one of these systems buyable by anyone tho

  • @akosszilagyi8223
    @akosszilagyi8223 Рік тому

    If you change the "rocket" to "missile" in the title, this becomes really SUS

  • @ostrich3771
    @ostrich3771 Рік тому +1

    Hello

  • @mehteshwarsinghgabbi4946
    @mehteshwarsinghgabbi4946 Рік тому

    Name this fc module

  • @abdullahaliabbasi
    @abdullahaliabbasi 8 місяців тому

    I enjoyed the video thanks. Such a great channel, but very few followers... I would like to play my role promoting it... I own a Science and Technology Blog, if you allow, I will promote it.

  • @NOESCINETV
    @NOESCINETV 7 місяців тому

    This video was going so well electronically until the moment he said he used arduino to program it at which point the whole video turned to garbage
    As an engineer is not serious about using Python or arduino

  • @ashleyoasis7948
    @ashleyoasis7948 6 місяців тому

    i like this but the common boy or begginer is not gonna know this you relly have to dumb this down for the average man.

  • @twitchhighlights9002
    @twitchhighlights9002 Рік тому

    I really don't recommend you uploading this. If it falls at the hands of the wrong people, it could mean huge trouble.

    • @jacobthornhill
      @jacobthornhill  Рік тому +1

      Don’t worry, I won’t be publishing my code or any serious technical detail on this sort of stuff. Besides, there is quite a bit of TVC model rocketry content similar to this on UA-cam right now.

    • @twitchhighlights9002
      @twitchhighlights9002 Рік тому

      @@jacobthornhill I know, but during our time and age there is a lot going on with the world. It wouldn't be such a big surprise if people got any crazy ideas from these videos.

  • @abdulrahmanal-abbasi8238
    @abdulrahmanal-abbasi8238 8 місяців тому

    @Walid Issa

  • @awarminger2625
    @awarminger2625 Рік тому

    @Anonymous Bosch

  • @nin1ten1do
    @nin1ten1do Рік тому +1

    ´BAN this for russian.. dont let them become educated XD

  • @Assassinboy3000
    @Assassinboy3000 Рік тому

    Jacob Thornhill

  • @RaisinsFS
    @RaisinsFS 5 місяців тому

    Can you publish the stl files and project files?

  • @eja1731
    @eja1731 5 місяців тому

    Jacob Thornhill