DocumentCode :
631295
Title :
Ground station design procedures for CANSAT
Author :
Aydemir, Mustafa E. ; Dursun, Raif Can ; Pehlevan, Mirac
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Turkish Air Force Acad., Istanbul, Turkey
fYear :
2013
fDate :
12-14 June 2013
Firstpage :
909
Lastpage :
912
Abstract :
CANSAT´s are getting more popular each day in aerospace engineering curriculums because they enable the students to have hands-on experience on virtual satellite launch operations. This paper presents design and implementation of a PC based ground station for CANSAT´s. So far, most of the emphasis has been built on the hardware and software inside the CANSAT. However, during the competitions it has been observed that even though the CANSAT works perfectly, the ground station frequently fails therefore leading to mission failure. In this study a ground station is developed from scratch using a high level language (C#) and the procedure is defined briefly. The station is platform-free therefore it may operate with any CANSAT having different brand microcontrollers. The users may track several parameters and send control commands simultaneously. The ground-station is one of the most important aspects of CANSAT trials however, for the beginners it may be challenging to provide all these features at once. This study defines many practical aspects of designing ground stations so that more emphasis may be given to the design of CANSAT hardware and software.
Keywords :
aerospace computing; failure analysis; high level languages; microcontrollers; space vehicles; CANSAT hardware; CANSAT software; PC based ground station; aerospace engineering curriculum; brand microcontroller; failure analyssis; ground station design; high level language; parameters control command; send control command; virtual satellite launch operation; Computer languages; Educational institutions; Graphical user interfaces; Hardware; Satellites; Temperature; Temperature sensors; GUI; Student Satellites; Telemetry;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Recent Advances in Space Technologies (RAST), 2013 6th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Istanbul
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-6395-2
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/RAST.2013.6581343
Filename :
6581343
Link To Document :
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