Automated Environmental Regulation at Mars Desert Research Station
Development and testing of an FPGA/Micro-controller driven automated environmental chamber designed to support life on Mars. Tested at the Mars Desert Research Station located in the Utah desert.
This page showcases an automated environmental regulation chamber project designed to be deployed at the Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS) in Utah. This project utilizes a micro-controller board and a FPGA to measure temperature and humidity and drive devices, such as peltier heat pumps, to regulate the internal environment of the chamber.
Project Showcase
Project
FPGA to LCD driver and hardware report
MCC Board Presentation
Crew 139 featured on Xploration Outer Space
17th Mars Society Convention Presentation
A poster of the project was put together for a McLennan Community College presentation to staff and students.
The staff and some of the students were asked to present our work in MCC's Mars 101 program to the MCC board.
A Fox filming crew came out to do a video on the Mars Desert Research Station while crew 139 was doing its research. Catch Joshua MacFie and the crew in Season 1 Episode 1 of Xploration Outer Space!
As a part of the 17th annual International Mars Society Convention participants in the MDRS program were invited to give presentations on their research.
Some of the work done for this project was done was done as a lab project for digital systems. The following report was the final report for that project.
The MDRS website, linked below, tracks each of the crews participating. Crew 139 is also linked below.
