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Written by Cyrus Foster   
Sep 27, 2009 at 09:32 PM
Instuctor:

 

  • Andrew Kalman,
    Durand Building, Room 377
    Office hours: TBD

Course
Assistants:

 

  • Cyrus Foster,
  • Joe Johnson,  
  • Office hours: Mon 1:30 - 3:30 PM, Fri 2:00-4:15 PM, Durand 001
Lecture &
Laboratory:
  • Monday: Lecture 3:45 - 5:00 pm, Terman M33
  • Wednesday: Lecture 3:45 - 5:00 pm, Terman M33
  • Laboratory: 5:00 - 7:00 pm, Durand 012

Text Book:
  • Space Mission Analysis and Design
    by Wertz and Larson
    Third edition
    Available online.

Grading:
  • 60% Rover Project. Requirements Document [pdf]
  • 20% SSDL Internal or Self-guided Projects. Description and Ideas
  • 20% Attendance and Quizzes

Projects:
  • Simulated Lunar rover mission. [pdf]

Lecture
Schedule:

 

Date
Lecture (Terman M33)

21 Sep.
(Mon)
Class Introduction
  • Lecture Notes: [pdf]

Lab Introduction
23 Sep.
(Wed)

Systems Engineering

Real-time Operating Systems (RTOS)

 

Electronics
28 Sep.
(Mon)

 Salvo Fundamentals

Lab: Creating a task in Salvox86

Cubesat Kit Checkout
30 Sep.
(Wed)

 Embedded electronics

Lab: Blinking LED task on MSP430

Intro to CSK and Salvo
05 Oct.
(Mon)

 Rover mission overview [pdf]

Lab: Servos & USB key commands

Rover Kickoff Meeting
07 Oct.
(Wed)

 ADC12

Lab: Internal Temp & Sonar sensors

Analog to Digital Conversion and Salvo Timer
12 Oct.
(Mon)

Serial protocols

Lab: KatySat Magnetometer

USARTs: I2C, SPI, and UART
14 Oct.
(Wed)

Watchdog

Lab: I2C

Radio Communication
19 Oct.
(Mon)

 Communication [pdf]

Lab: XBee Radios

Command Processing
21 Oct.
(Wed)
 PipelineByte, Vizon and GUI Servos and PWM
26 Oct.
(Mon)
Open Lab
System Design Review
28 Oct.
(Wed)
 Midterm 1: Rover checkout  
02 Nov.
(Mon)
Lab: SD Card
Data Storage
04 Nov.
(Wed)
Lab: Color sensor
Navigation
9 Nov.
(Mon)

 Power systems

Lab: SPI thermometer, RTC

GPS

11 Nov.
(Wed)

Cameras

Lab: GPS

 

16 Nov.
(Mon)

 

 
 

18 Nov.
(Wed)

 

 Midterm 2: Rover checkoutColor Sensor
23 Nov.
(Mon)
THANKSGIVING - NO CLASS!!!

 

 
25 Nov.
(Wed)
THANKSGIVING - NO CLASS!!!
 
30 Nov.
(Mon)
  
02 Dec.
(Wed)

 
Final Time Slot          
Final Rover mission
 
Last Updated ( Nov 13, 2009 at 06:38 PM )

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