FemtoXat EPS

January 2013 - June 2014

http://crespum.github.io/FemtoXat-slides/#/

satellite, hardware, pcb design, low power, batteries

Universidade de Vigo

Details

This project was the result of my master thesis. It consisted in the design, verification and validation of an Electrical Power System from scratch of a 1/3U cubesat (a small satellite). The main problems found were the size restrictions and the use of off-the-shelf components.

The prototype designed included the Battery Charge Regulator (BCR), different voltage regulators and a board for cutting the power of part of the board when the battery voltage was below a predefined threshold.

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After concluding my master thesis with the maximum grade, I continued with this project together with Yago Sánchez, developing a final complete prototype ready to fit into our small satellite.

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