1. 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