Eagle was the first flight computer produced by Nebula Aerospace and used a custom made PCB and all THT components. This board had several errors in its design, which were originally going to be fixed in a R2 of Eagle, but it was decided to scrap the Eagle line all together and move on to the Helix line of Flight computers. This computer flew once on Fledgling flight one, and was able to collect data and fire the parachutes. However, do to an issue with the arming switch of the computer (not the computers fault), the high shock of the pyro firing to deploy the parachutes rebooted Eagle mid-air. Besides that most of the issues with eagle had to do with poor circuity. That will be fixed with Helix, as well as using much better sensors for future projects.
Specs:
Processor ~ Teensy 4.0 (ARM Cortex-M7)
Barometer ~ BMP280
IMU ~ BNO055
Logging ~ SD + Flash
2 servo breakouts
Helix R1
Helix R1 will be the second flight computer produced by Nebula Aerospace. This flight computer will be a major step up from Eagle in terms of both circuitry and components. This flight computer will utilize mostly SMD parts, with the exception of terminal blocks and other bulky connectors and parts. The board will share many of the base features with Eagle, but with more. Helix R1 will have communication over radio and Bluetooth 5.0. Bluetooth 5.0 gives us 240 meters of range, which will be very helpful for setup on the ground with rockets. The radio on the rocket will allow for long range communications. This will gives us live telemetry downlink in flight. Helix will also feature a high accuracy GNSS chip, although an R2 or special edition of Helix may feature an insanely accurate chip(s) for a project which will need centimeter level precision.
Specs:
Currently undetermined; will be added once design is finalized.
Nebula Aerospace 