Publication detail

Towards an Innovative Electrical Interface Standard for PocketQubes and CubeSats

BOUWMEESTER, J. VAN DER LINDEN, S. POVALAČ, A. GILL, E.

Original Title

Towards an Innovative Electrical Interface Standard for PocketQubes and CubeSats

Type

journal article in Web of Science

Language

English

Original Abstract

Developers experience issues with the compatibility, connector size and robustness of electrical interface standards for CubeSats and PocketQubes. There is a need for a lean and robust electrical interface standard for these classes of satellites. The proposed interface standard comprises a linear data bus which is used for housekeeping data, internal commands and small-to-moderate payload data. A community based analytic hierarchy process is used for the trade-off of design options, resulting in the selection of RS-485 as standard data bus, mainly due to its low power consumption and high effective data throughput compared to other candidates. Several switched and protected battery voltage lines are distributed from the central electrical power subsystem unit to the other subsystems to enable a simple and efficient power distribution. The harness comprises a 14 and 9 pin stackable connector for CubeSats and PocketQubes, respectively, occupying very little board space.

Keywords

PocketQube;CubeSat;electrical interface;standard;RS-485

Authors

BOUWMEESTER, J.; VAN DER LINDEN, S.; POVALAČ, A.; GILL, E.

Released

15. 12. 2018

Publisher

Elsevier

ISBN

0273-1177

Periodical

ADVANCES IN SPACE RESEARCH

Year of study

62

Number

12

State

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Pages from

3423

Pages to

3437

Pages count

15

URL

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2018.03.040

BibTex

@article{BUT146846,
  author="Jasper {Bouwmeester} and Stefan {van der Linden} and Aleš {Povalač} and Eberhard K.A. {Gill}",
  title="Towards an Innovative Electrical Interface Standard for PocketQubes and CubeSats",
  journal="ADVANCES IN SPACE RESEARCH",
  year="2018",
  volume="62",
  number="12",
  pages="3423--3437",
  doi="10.1016/j.asr.2018.03.040",
  issn="0273-1177",
  url="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2018.03.040"
}