Control & Data Acquisition Box

The picture above is a preview of what the initial menu looks like as well as what will be the physical user inputs. The top circuit layer will be responsible for handling the displays and communicating the user inputs as well as receiving the sensor value and displaying them on screen.

The picture above displays the pulse jet and the data acquisition circuit layer that will in the future be mounted inside the control box. This layer will be responsible for powering and monitoring all of the sensors on the pulse jet. The micro controllers on this layer can be interchangeable to allow one micro controller to be main sensing controller and the other one to communicate the signals. The purpose is to include more analog and digital inputs to eventually add more sensors and other devices like control valves.

The picture above displays a concept of how the inside of the control box will be structured. The wires will be more organized in the final design. On the sides of the control box will host the ignition coils. The circuits on the bottom layer will be responsible for activating the ignition coils on and off to spark the spark plug. A separate micro controller will handle this feature.