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[[User:Flux|Flux]] has | [[User:Flux|Flux]] has pledged for a [http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/251588730/kicksat-your-personal-spacecraft-in-space/ Kicksat] satellite dev kit. It's due in May 2012. | ||
== First Steps == | |||
Get some MSP430 experience. Several people in the space have mentioned having boards. | |||
== The Hardware == | |||
We don't get to design the hardware on this mission, just program it. | |||
''"Just to give you an idea of what you'll be working with, the microcontroller on the Sprite is an MSP430 from Texas Instruments. The exact part that will be used in the flight units has not been decided yet, but it will have at bare minimum 2 kB of RAM and 8 kB of flash memory."'' | ''"Just to give you an idea of what you'll be working with, the microcontroller on the Sprite is an MSP430 from Texas Instruments. The exact part that will be used in the flight units has not been decided yet, but it will have at bare minimum 2 kB of RAM and 8 kB of flash memory."'' | ||
Revision as of 21:23, 10 October 2011
Flux has pledged for a Kicksat satellite dev kit. It's due in May 2012.
First Steps
Get some MSP430 experience. Several people in the space have mentioned having boards.
The Hardware
We don't get to design the hardware on this mission, just program it.
"Just to give you an idea of what you'll be working with, the microcontroller on the Sprite is an MSP430 from Texas Instruments. The exact part that will be used in the flight units has not been decided yet, but it will have at bare minimum 2 kB of RAM and 8 kB of flash memory."
Experiment
Any ideas for what we can actually do with it once its in orbit?
Ground Station
We need one of these.
Resources
- MSP430 on TI site.
- MSP430 dev kit (Farnell)
- MSP430 getting started workshop
