Welcome to electrical! We build circuits, test them, and keep the magic smoke inside. Here’s some things to do before the first meeting:
Make sure you’ve completed ⏩️CB-01: General Member Guidelines
Create your member profile at the bottom of the Electrical page. We need this so we can assign you tasks here on Notion.
Check out out Electrical System Diagram to understand what exactly we’re doing here
| OBC | On-Board Computer (the brains of the satellite) |
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| RF | Radio Frequency (communications to and from the satellite from Earth) |
| PAY-ELEC | Payload Electronics (the electronics that support our payload, a hyperspectral camera) |
| EPS | Electrical Power System (how we power the satellite in space) |
| ADCS | Attitude Determination and Control System (pointing the satellite in the right direction) |
| GSE | Ground Support Equipment (letting us take care of the satellite while on the ground) |
| MCU | Microcontroller Unit (the chips on the circuit boards that do the thinking) |
| BMS | Battery Management System (makes sure our batteries don’t 💣💥) |
| MPPT | Maximum Power Point Tracking (a system to get the most power out of our solar panels) |
| FINCH | Field Imaging Nanosatellite for Crop residue Hyperspectral mapping (our mission, a lovely backronym) |
First thing to do is to get familiar with Altium, go ahead and get it installed and learn how to use it! This page also has a few tips and tricks that we’ve learned through the years.
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MCU Board: Fish and Microchips pt. II
Power Board: Power Board
Sensor Board: Sensor Board
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