EEVblog #519 - Ardusat Arduino Based CubeSat Satellite

Jonathan Oxer from Freetronics talks about the Ardusat project and shows his Arduino based cluster board for running Arduino sketches in space at the Melbourne Connected Community Hackerspace

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[Oshbotscom]

Building and deploying an operational satellite is definitely on my bucket list.

[paulhoward]

I've listened to joxer online a few times now, and he would make a wonderful educator. So clearly spoken, so easy to understand.

[JGunlimited]

Dave, do more talks with Jonathan... he exudes so much passion and enthusiasm!

[abpccpba]

One great Idea. Thanks Dave. The idea of using a simple coil of wire to maneuver sat is mind boggling.

[EEVblog]

I was serious! I want to see my LED blink against the backdrop of the earth. Screw the other experiments, that's all I need!

[Psychlist]

Love the magnetic coil course correction! That's just brilliant.

[jamesrbrindle]

Awesome! didn't know anything about this. Tuned in now. Thanks Dave!

[DJSolitone]

Wow magnetic satellite attitude control !! I was stuck with gyroscopic wheels... Neat concept !!

[eniever]

Neat! I hope it will survive the harsh space conditions. Looking forward for this project.

[opelize]

I didn't even notice until reading that comment. Amazing how the brain can filter out the background noise when focusing on a person speaking.

[sarahnyxx]

This is a brilliantly awesome project. I love to hear about this sort of stuff. 

[BurningacidxGames]

Am I the only one who wants to see him tear down one of those CubeSat satellites?

[phatex]

I love cubesat projects and this can use for not skilled users. I love it, fantastic project!

[luizfcavalcanti]

Am I the only one who find really awesome how cheap this application have become in the last decade? I mean, not that anyone can launch a satellite in space, but this is much more accessible and provide so much data for scientific research, plus engineers to learn and tinker to improve equipment.

[dinkc]

Excellent video, I was always curious about cube-sats and this one particularly with the ability to upload sketches to it :)

[smooooth_]

That is possibly one of the sexiest circuit boards I have ever seen

[davecc]

Gives new meaning to the term Hackerspace...

[aiden]

When I was in school I was on a team designing a 6U (6 of those cubes in a 3x2 configuration) nanosatellite to track space debris. What's really cool about those magnetorquers is that you can design them directly into your solar panels.

[zosxavius]

A way cool video. These are cooler than I even thought.

[cypherfx]

The purpose of this is to allow who might not have the education and skills to program a satellite access to sensors in space. It gives high school students the ability to collect real data from a satellite. The actual flight computer has an ARM processor to control orientation and systems. The idea, and it's a good one, is to make it easy for students and others to run experiments in space. The Arduino is a prefect platform for that because it's easy.