Projects | Darsh Gupta

01 Featured Projects

Hardware-software integrated systems from concept to validated prototypes.

Drone-v2: Autonomous Aircraft Platform

Aerospace • RF • Embedded

Dec 2024 – Q2 2026 C / Python / AGS Script ⭐ 1

Multi-layer PCB autonomous aircraft with integrated RF frontend and production-ready firmware. Full lifecycle development from schematic design through manufacturing files and bring-up validation.

Custom multi-layer PCB with integrated RF frontend and tuned antenna geometry
Complete sensor suite: IMU, GPS, barometric sensing with analog interfaces
Active firmware: sensor fusion, control loops, telemetry streaming
Hardware iteration: v1 archived, v2 incorporating design improvements

Code-SDR: Ultra-Wideband Software Defined Radio

FPGA • RF • DSP

Nov 2025 – Q1 2026 Verilog / FPGA / Python ⭐ 1

FPGA-accelerated SDR covering 1 MHz–10 GHz with real-time processing pipeline. Complete implementation from Verilog HDL to computer interface with 105 MSPS throughput.

LIF-MD6000-6UMG64I FPGA: 105 MSPS real-time processing, <10µs latency
Complete DSP pipeline: NCO mixing, 1024-pt FFT, digital downconversion
Dual-mode: Processed streaming (750 Mbps) or direct ADC (950 Mbps)
Production-ready: GNU Radio integration (85%), Windows ExtIO plugin (80%)

Aircraft Diffusion CFD: Generative Aerodynamic Design

Research • AI/ML • CFD

Dec 2025 – Ongoing Python / CUDA ⭐ 1

GPU-accelerated generative design combining diffusion models with computational fluid dynamics. Progressive training pipeline optimizes aircraft structures for aerodynamic efficiency.

Diffusion model + GPU-accelerated LBM CFD for aerodynamic optimization
Progressive grid refinement (16³→32³): 14-18 hrs on RTX 3090, 8GB VRAM
Hierarchical structural constraints ensure connectivity and structural viability
CLI tool: train, generate, evaluate, export STL for production

02 All Repositories

Complete portfolio of technical projects and research implementations.

quantum-sim-python

Python • Scientific Computing

Reusable quantum simulation framework extracted from research work. Clean, documented codebase designed for integration into larger computational physics projects.

Trading-Algo

Python • Machine Learning

Algorithmic trading system with ML-based strategy optimization. Backtesting framework and live market data integration for quantitative analysis.

better-ai

Python • Neural Networks

AI optimization experiments applied to minimal language models. Exploring architectural improvements for small-scale coherent text generation.

PyFoilOptimize

Python • Aerodynamics

Airfoil optimization using AeroPython and scipy.optimize to find numerically optimal wing profiles through automated parameter search.

Nuclear_collision

C++ • Physics Simulation

Nuclear fission modeling and collision dynamics simulation. Exploratory computational physics implementation for understanding nuclear processes.

oxford-hack-NPSHSR

HTML • Hackathon

Hackathon project from Oxford Hack. HTML/CSS/JS implementation exploring web-based solutions for education and accessibility.

drone_main

C • Embedded Systems

Original drone firmware implementation (archived). Foundation for drone-v2 with lessons learned integrated into current hardware revision.

Game-1

Python • Game Development

Python-based game development experiment. Early project exploring interactive programming and game mechanics implementation.