Feasibility of the Microcomputers for the ADDASAT Capsule

Abstract:

One of the most challenging problems in developing the astrionics of the recoverable orbital ADDAHORSE microcapsule is represented by the power and size constraints which require an extreme degree of miniaturization. The size, mass and power requirements of the electronic and computing (astrionics) on-board control and command equipment can be conveniently reduced by designing an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) which integrates sensors, autopilot logic, drivers, RF communication and interface subsystems in a single, combined SoC (System-on-Chip). The feasibility of such a device is discussed here within the bounds of the ADDAHORSE project which was proposed for structural funding in Romania in 2014. This study was conducted by the Center for Innovation and Development in the Exploration of Space (CIDES) in the emerging Făgăraș facility of the future Făgăraș Space Center in Romania.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 841)
• Pages: 309-314
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.841.309
• Online since: June 2016
• Authors: Dragos Ronald Rugescu*
• Keywords: ASIC, Atmospheric Reentry, Microsatellites, SoC, Spacecraft Navigation, VLSI

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