Nick Stassen

Computer Engineer

555 PWM Circuit

As most college students would have done, this year for Christmas I asked for an oscilloscope! This is a core part of every electronics lab and can be used across practically every discipline of electrical and computer engineering. When I started working on this circuit I was originally making it to act as a basic
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Pixhawk Drone

Recently I acquired a Pixhawk drone kit which includes a drone frame, battery, ESCs, motors, GPS, and an Ardupilot Pixhawk flight controller. I’ve become familiar with the Ardupilot firmware and MAVLink protocol over the past year at work and decided to get my own to play with. While this drone can do many things, I
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CANBUS Communication

The Baja Buckeyes year is starting to pick up meaning it’s time to get the wiring harness for the vehicle figured out. The DAQ (Data Acquisition and Electronics) sub-team decided we want to stick to using the CANBUS protocol for communicating between sensors on the car. However, this year instead of using Arduinos we decided
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New 3D Prints for Baja

The Baja season is picking up which means more and more circuits are being created and finalized. With these finalizations, circuit housing becomes the next priority. Above shows 2 separate housings with their lids on and off. The taller housing is for a teammates circuit he designed while the more open housing is for a
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Working RF24 Communication

For those who don’t know, me and my friend Matthew (an Aerospace Engineer) are creating an RC plane. I’m handling the electronics and Matthew is handling the plane and it’s dimensions. I recently purchased two nRF24L01 transmitter/receivers and decided to take on the controller aspect of the plane. Above shows the results of the circuit
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Using Markdown to Take Notes

Semester 2 classes start January 9th for OSU and with 17 credit hours I will be busy. For the past year and a half, I’ve been using my iPad to take notes. While I enjoy being able to draw pictures instead of just writing words with my apple pencil, notetaking is a slow process. My
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Introduction

Hello! My name is Nick Stassen and I’m currently a sophomore at The Ohio State University. I’m studying Computer Engineering and I’m a part of the DAQ (Data Analysis and Electronics) sub-team of Baja Buckeyes. I code in various different languages but most prominently Java, Python, and Arduino. Baja Buckeyes is a part of the
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