
During a two-month period, Nathaniel P. contributed to the ISSUIUC/ISS-PCB and ISSUIUC/MIDAS-Software repositories, focusing on embedded systems and telemetry infrastructure. He delivered the full design lifecycle for the Feather1268 PCB, including schematic capture, board updates, and production artifact cleanup using KiCad and GERBER. In MIDAS-Software, Nathaniel implemented threaded sensor data acquisition, optimized I2C communication, and enhanced LoRa-based telemetry reliability. He also introduced dual-stage radio communication for ground station operations, enabling independent management of rocket stages. His work emphasized code cleanup, configuration flexibility, and efficient data serialization in C++ and Arduino, resulting in robust, maintainable hardware-software integration.
March 2025 performance summary: Delivered configuration-level enhancements and core telemetry infrastructure across ISS-PCB and MIDAS-Software. Implemented a new subsheet in Feather Duo project configuration, enabling streamlined project setup without changing code logic. Launched dual-stage Ground Station support with Booster and Sustainer modules, including new C++ components for radio control, packet decoding, telemetry processing, and pin definitions, enabling independent management and data transmission for each rocket stage. Optimized Telemetry Output Formatting by consolidating JSON field emission into a single sprintf call, reducing CPU overhead and packet verbosity. These efforts improved configuration flexibility, reliability of telemetry transmission, and overall system efficiency.
March 2025 performance summary: Delivered configuration-level enhancements and core telemetry infrastructure across ISS-PCB and MIDAS-Software. Implemented a new subsheet in Feather Duo project configuration, enabling streamlined project setup without changing code logic. Launched dual-stage Ground Station support with Booster and Sustainer modules, including new C++ components for radio control, packet decoding, telemetry processing, and pin definitions, enabling independent management and data transmission for each rocket stage. Optimized Telemetry Output Formatting by consolidating JSON field emission into a single sprintf call, reducing CPU overhead and packet verbosity. These efforts improved configuration flexibility, reliability of telemetry transmission, and overall system efficiency.
February 2025 performance summary focusing on cross-repo feature delivery, reliability hardening, and safety improvements across ISS-PCB and MIDAS-Software. ISS-PCB delivered the Feather1268 PCB design lifecycle from initial draft (schematic/PCB and library setup) through major design updates (notably a bigger board) and production artifact cleanup, coupled with backup/restore maintenance to ensure recoverability across boards.
February 2025 performance summary focusing on cross-repo feature delivery, reliability hardening, and safety improvements across ISS-PCB and MIDAS-Software. ISS-PCB delivered the Feather1268 PCB design lifecycle from initial draft (schematic/PCB and library setup) through major design updates (notably a bigger board) and production artifact cleanup, coupled with backup/restore maintenance to ensure recoverability across boards.

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