Amazing work Matteo! Congratulations to You and the whole Team! Please keep us updated.. and remember Have Fun!! =) Tomek
On Mon, Jun 30, 2025 at 7:20 PM Matteo Golin <matteo.go...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Wanted to share some footage of Carleton University InSpace's successful > static fire test of our hybrid rocket motor. The control system for the > rocket engine was built entirely on top of NuttX, including pressure, > temperature and thrust monitoring as well as control of our fill plumbing. > Here are some videos we took: > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIVaZj9_kv8 > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcPJ-uTOkw8 > > And an image showing our student-built test stand featuring NuttX's logo as > one of our sponsors, since the contributors here have dedicated so much time > to both making NuttX and helping answer our questions > > On Mon, Jun 30, 2025 at 1:18 PM Matteo Golin <matteo.go...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Wanted to share some footage of Carleton University InSpace's successful >> static fire test of our hybrid rocket motor. The control system for the >> rocket engine was built entirely on top of NuttX, including pressure, >> temperature and thrust monitoring as well as control of our fill plumbing. >> Here are some videos we took: >> >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIVaZj9_kv8 >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcPJ-uTOkw8 >> >> And some images showing our student-built test stand featuring NuttX's logo >> as one of our sponsors, since the contributors here have dedicated so much >> time to both making NuttX and helping answer our questions >> >> On Mon, Jun 30, 2025 at 1:05 PM Matteo Golin <matteo.go...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Wanted to share some footage of Carleton University InSpace's successful >>> static fire test of our hybrid rocket motor. The control system for the >>> rocket engine was built entirely on top of NuttX, including pressure, >>> temperature and thrust monitoring as well as control of our fill plumbing. >>> Here are some videos we took: >>> >>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIVaZj9_kv8 >>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcPJ-uTOkw8 >>> >>> And some images, showing both "Mach Diamonds" as well as our student-built >>> test stand featuring NuttX's logo as one of our sponsors since the >>> contributors here have dedicated so much time to both making NuttX and >>> helping answer our questions. >>> >>> Matteo >>> >>> On Sun, Jun 1, 2025 at 7:50 PM Matteo Golin <matteo.go...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Here's some new footage from yesterday's test, hoping to do one with real >>>> fire soon! >>>> >>>> https://www.linkedin.com/posts/matteo-golin-94118021b_im-very-proud-to-have-been-part-of-cu-inspaces-activity-7335063937069023232-eOEz?utm_source=social_share_send&utm_medium=android_app&rcm=ACoAADdgSUEBv1IgpgwHkj0zmx1DOoRYVtOYOQ0&utm_campaign=copy_link >>>> >>>> Was really impressed using NuttX with this! I especially like the panic >>>> notifier call chain, which we're using right now to vent the system >>>> pressure in the event of a crash. >>>> >>>> Matteo >>>> >>>> On Mon, May 26, 2025, 7:09 PM Matteo Golin <matteo.go...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Thanks Tomek! Actually, that would be really awesome to show off. In the >>>>> next couple of weeks we'll be doing a cold flow test (here's one we did >>>>> previously) and a static fire test, so hopefully we'll have some good >>>>> footage and photos of that with real rocket engine flames which we would >>>>> be able to share. Once some more of our reports are polished up too we >>>>> can include some links to those. >>>>> >>>>> Ludovic, I completely agree! The examples in NuttX are already very nice >>>>> for testing and demonstrating the range of features NuttX has, but I >>>>> would love to see more of the library of possibilities included in the >>>>> NuttX project (i.e. sensor fusion implementations, multi-board >>>>> communication over LoRa or the network, etc). A lot of PX4's sensor >>>>> fusion and event system would be nice to see contributed back. Since >>>>> InSpace's applications are very change-heavy and made by students, we've >>>>> opted to keep our applications separate but in such a way that they can >>>>> just be cloned in the `apps` directory of NuttX and compiled like the >>>>> other examples. I've done the same for my Pygmy flight computer as well. >>>>> >>>>> Best, >>>>> Matteo >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Mon, May 26, 2025 at 11:09 AM Tomek CEDRO <to...@cedro.info> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Congratulations Matteo and The Team!! :-) >>>>>> >>>>>> If you like we can also share the project on: >>>>>> YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@nuttxchannel. >>>>>> Hackster: https://www.hackster.io/nuttx. >>>>>> LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/nuttx , >>>>>> https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12002792. >>>>>> >>>>>> Maybe a new section on our website would be nice.. but definitely a >>>>>> project to share on the NuttX International Workshop! :-) >>>>>> >>>>>> Tomek >>>>>> >>>>>> On Mon, May 26, 2025 at 5:01 PM Matteo Golin <matteo.go...@gmail.com> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> > >>>>>> > Hello everyone, >>>>>> > >>>>>> > Just wanted to share a fun success story with NuttX here! >>>>>> > >>>>>> > Today, CU InSpace used NuttX on some custom designed electronics for a >>>>>> > network controlled pressure system, used for controlling the filling >>>>>> > and ignition of our own hybrid rocket motor! Today was an initial leak >>>>>> > test of our hardware and NuttX's network support made it really easy >>>>>> > to create a working network control system. Here's a photo of the leak >>>>>> > test. >>>>>> > >>>>>> > We made a network connected switch board as well as a control system >>>>>> > with a large pressure sensor array, and have also been using UDP >>>>>> > multicast telemetry so all of our operators can monitor the system >>>>>> > from their own device. We wanted to show that NuttX can be used for >>>>>> > systems like this and we're happy with how smoothly it's gone so far! >>>>>> > >>>>>> > Thank you to the contributors for all their hard work making NuttX the >>>>>> > excellent (and free) tool it is today! >>>>>> > >>>>>> > Best, >>>>>> > Matteo >>>>>> > >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> CeDeROM, SQ7MHZ, http://www.tomek.cedro.info -- CeDeROM, SQ7MHZ, http://www.tomek.cedro.info
