active suspension system
completed during epq a-level
- arduino
- imu
- pid
- cad
- 3d printing
built an active anti-roll system for a 1/10 off-road rc car, with the goal of reducing rollover on uneven terrain rather than just making a standard suspension upgrade. i designed the linkage and printed parts, wired an arduino nano with an mpu6050 imu, and wrote the pid in c/c++ to turn orientation data into servo-driven ride-height adjustment. most of the work was in getting the whole loop to behave in the real world: packaging the electronics cleanly on the chassis, powering it from the rc receiver, and tuning the pid response through repeated testing on slopes, rocks, and rough surfaces.