The Avionics subsystem is responsible for handling the majority of operations onboard the cubesat. This domain includes interfacing with sensors, subsytems, reactional computations/actions, and telemetry handling. Due to time, experience, and reliability restrictions, we will be only focusing on the development of software and not pursuing the path of designing our own PCB's.
| Design Requirement | Minimum | Target |
|---|---|---|
| Max Power Draw | 0.5W | 0.2W |
| Heat | -40C to 85C | skew to safer range |
Primary Component: CubeSatKit Motherboard + MSP430 PPM
Lack of complete secondary kits that meet the same level of documentation, cost, and heritage. #### Component justification - Already own development kit for the hardware - Flight heritage with the board and RTOS - Low power and simplistic
| Failure | Severity(1-3) | Likelihood(1-3) | Total(1-9) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single Event Upset | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| Overheating | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| Magnetization | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| Developed Software Errors | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| Operating System Error | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Insufficient power to operate | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| Other failed subsyste/sensor | 1 | 2 | 3 |