Constraints and Requirements

• Ability to use the real sensor whenever simulating the physical environment is feasible.
  • This way we can ensure that the CubeSAT is functioning correctly with its on-board sensors. It verifies connections, protocol readings, etc.
• For tests where the simulation of the physical environment is not feasible, we must figure out a way to simulate the sensors.
  • Note that this can be more difficult since we would have to interface a MCU with communication protocols.
  • This method does not verify the connections. Only the fact that a sensor packet can be decoded.
  • The benefit of this method is that it is not bound by physical limits. For example, we could simulate the Temperature Sensor Simulator to read space temperatures without physically doing so.
• If additional hardware is required, it should be made as simple as possible.

Sensors