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* No longer using the sensor boards will just move direct connections with thermisters taped down on bottom stand. * Switch screw terminals to banana jacks and added jank symbol, stil WIP on the footprint * Change from two smaller fans to one larger overhead fan, removing the drawings of the outer wings
oresat-solar-simulator-hardware
The hardware repository for our solar simulator for testing OreSat 1U solar panels
General Information
The OreSat Solar Simulator is a benchtop simulator for hardware-in-the-loop testing of CubeSat solar modules. It uses LED and halogen light bulbs to emit light that simulates the sun's solar spectrum in low Earth orbit (Air Mass 0 or 'AM0').
The work for this was done as an MCECS Capstone Project from January to June of 2023 by Bendjy Faurestal, Adam Martinez, Cesar Ordaz-Coronel, and Charles Nasser. Andrew Greenberg was both representing PSAS as the Industry Sponsor and the Faculty Advisor to the students.
Hardware
Controller board top:
Bottom:
The schematic and pcb layout were designed in kiCAD. The boards we used were fabricated by OSHPark in Lake Oswego, OR.
The simulators are driven by a Raspberry Pi Pico attached to the board.
Software
The software for this project lives in the oresat-solar-simulator-software repository.
Mechanical
The mechanical components were developed by Zeus Ayala using onShape.
