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UCLA Rocket Project Wifi System Design

Rocket Project Wifi System
  • Date Completed: June 2017
  • Skills: Engineering, Design
  • Why: I am part of the electronics team for UCLA's Rocket Project team and was assigned the task to help design our first ever wifi system.
  • Description:  For UCLA's 2016 rocket competition, the leaders decided that we should try having a wireless ignition for our rocket. At first, many were skeptical -- including the competition sponsors. They argued that having a wireless ignition for the launch is very dangerous because a wire may short- circuit and launch the rocket preemptively. After some weeks of debate, the sponsors let finally decided that we can design and use a wireless ignition system for the competition. I was part of the electronics team, so I was one of the members that helped design and build our local Wifi system -- a Wifi system that worked over 2000 feet!