We designed a satellite … nah just kidding but we did work on device which is a part of the Cube Satellite, device that allows for CubeSat position it self for maximum sun light input. Device is ultra small and utilizes IR camera and thermal sensor to determine the angle of the Sun relative to the device sensor normal axis. This is by far most expensive device from sensor perspective that we have designed and assembled… yes by hand!
Requirements:
- CMOS 650×480 250FPS sensor,
- Remote IR Thermal sensing 32×24 pixel grid,
- Azimut calculation,
- I2C slave.
Major components:
- STM32F732
- MLX90640
- NOIL1SM0300A
- TLV76701
Number of PCB layers: 4
BOM price: 253 USD
Realization time: 7 weeks
