High Altitude Balloon for Scientific Research

Solo-designed and built the full electronics payload for a high-altitude balloon that reached 100,000 feet, capturing temperature, pressure, and alpha/beta/gamma radiation spectra on a Beaglebone Black.

I designed and built the complete hardware and software payload for a high-altitude balloon that ascended to 100,000 feet. The project was a solo effort — I handled all planning, electronics design, sensor integration, and flight software myself. A small team helped with the physical recovery after landing.

The payload was built around a Beaglebone Black running custom data acquisition software. Onboard sensors captured temperature, barometric pressure, and radiation spectra across alpha, beta, and gamma bands throughout the flight. The system logged continuous measurements from launch through burst altitude and descent, surviving the temperature extremes and near-vacuum conditions of the upper atmosphere.

The project won 1st Place in the Instructables Explore Science Contest.