ECOSAT

CO-OP STUDENT

(Jan-Apr 2014)

ECOSat is a UVic (University of Victoria) run organization which builds satellites to be entered into the Canadian Satellite Design Competition (CSDC). This year, ECOSat came in first place in the competition and CSDC is funding the satellite's launch into space and the construction of a ground station at UVic.

For more information about ECOSat and CSDC, go to:

www.csdc.uvic.ca

www.geocentrix.ca/index.php/csdc

MAIN PROJECTS

Magnetorquer Design

Power Regulation

Payload

SKILLS DEVELOPED

Firmware Development:

FreeRTOS, sensor and peripheral integration, communication protocols(CAN, UART, SPI, TWI)

Hardware Design:

magnetorquers, PCBs (Altium), sensor mounts (SolidWorks)

Manufacturing:

soldering, mechanical fabrication from SolidWorks drawing

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