06 · DEVELOPMENT LOG
Engineering in the open.
A record of what has been built, what has only been simulated, and what still needs physical validation.
Stage 6 digital placement complete. Routing remains blocked.
All 69 populated components are placed on the preliminary 60 × 85 mm four-layer board. The current gate is human mechanical review; routing, manufacturing output, fabrication, and flight validation have not started.
0 placement DRC violations
16 / 16 checks passed
July 2026 — Rev A Stage 6 PCB placement complete
All 69 populated components placed on the preliminary 60 × 85 mm four-layer board; routing remains blocked pending human mechanical review.
July 2026 — Rev A schematic closure
69 populated components, clean ERC, exact footprint and MPN coverage, ready for placement review.
Initial ARES-01 Desktop Release
A stable Windows-native foundation for telemetry, simulation, replay, diagnostics, and technical reporting.
Building a Safety-Gated Simulation Control Layer
Designing explicit local-SITL verification and operator gates before any simulation command can be issued.
Designing the Modular Air Vehicle Architecture
Exploring repairable structures, replaceable sections, and payload integration without inventing unvalidated performance claims.
Future dates remain placeholders until work begins. Planned entries do not imply completed tests or validated performance. Long-form technical studies are published in the Engineering Log.