EE 491 Sping 2011

Spacecraft Instrumentation

Class hours and location: Monday and Wednesday 8:30-9:45,
Workman 116 (digital lab)

Lab hours and location: by arrangement
Office hours: M 13-14, Tuesday 8-17 by appointment

Dr. Anders M. Jorgensen
Workman 227, anders@nmt.edu

Syllabus

Proposal

Documents (For team members only) NOTE: All Documents are now available on the repository on assembla. This directory is no longer updated.

Instrument Schedule (Tentative, updated continuously)

Announcements

Miscelaneous links

Progress reports

Meeting Schedule

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Date
Topics
Homework due
1Jan 18Planning meeting (Workman 205, 9:30)
2Jan 19The Sun and the Earth
Registration
Homework assignment 1: Preliminary design
3Jan 24Switching power supplies
Preliminary design discussion
4Jan 26Mechanical Engineering team introduction
Preliminary design wrap-up
Initial discussion of detailed design
5Jan 31Detailed design discussion
6Feb 2Class canceled due to weatherHW 2: Power and PC board area (postponed to Feb 7)
7Feb 7Gather power and PC board area information.
Discuss multisim layouts and node naming.
Make hardware and multisim assignments.
HW 3: Multisim circuit schematics
8Feb 9Discuss multisim schematics
Division of work: CPU software, PCB design, subsystems hardware test
Review schematics posted in progress reports
9Feb 14TBD
10Feb 16Brian Zufelt, COSMIAC
SPA-1 training via Skype
(Location: Meet in Cramer 131, Rob Hepler's office)
11Feb 21Brian Zufelt and Craig Kief, COSMIAC
SPA-1 training
12Feb 23ITAR regulations
progress reports
HW 4: CPU/Software, Hardware test, PCB layout
13Feb 28Status reports:
1. CPU/CPU software
2. Hardware testing/prototyping
3. PCB Layout
4. Components/purchasing
5. FS/SPA
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14Mar 2PCB Layout discussion
FS/SPA design discussion
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15Mar 7PCB Layout discussion
FS/SPA design discussion
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16Mar 9LT 1945
Power discussion
FS/SPA design discussion
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17Mar 21--
18Mar 23--
19Mar 28--
20Mar 30--
21Apr 4--
22Apr 6PCB layout final discussion
Remaining to-do items
Calibration scans
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23Apr 11Schedule
Remaining to-do items
DAC scan values
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Calendar