Snow Penetrometer Embedded System Design Kris Burch1, Kolton Drake1, Lloyd Lowe II1, Hans-Peter Marshall2, and Arlen Planting1 1Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2Department of Geosciences, Objective Design an embedded system to control the mechanical and electrical functions of a snow penetrometer. The device will gather and store snow hydrology information in harsh winter environments Design Embedded system developed on modular Arduino microcontroller (scripted C++) platform GPS and pressure data is stored on an SD card Maxon Motor runs at 20mm/sec Pressure sensor collects data at 5kHz Results Future Work Successfully collected pressure and GPS data Logged data to SD card Developed functional menu and user input Successfully controlled motor Finalize user interface and enclosure Increase SD logging rates for future projects Test functionality in extreme cold weather