Program: Course
Course: Introduction to Nanosatellites and Cubesats for Artists
Instructor: Lázaro Aparecido Pires de Camargo
Hours: 10 meetings of 80 minutes - Mondays
Class format: Zoom Platform / Duration: 40 min. + 10 min interval + 40 min.
Date: 21/09 to 08/12 - Mondays from 4 pm to 6 pm
Exercises: https://www.tinkercad.com
Tasks: Google Classroom
Suggested materials for the course (suggestion for those who can acquire, otherwise you can train from specialized sites):
- 1 Arduino (Uno, NANO or other) with a USB cable for programming
- Miscellaneous resistors (100 ohms, 1k ohms, 2k2 ohms, 10k ohms, 100k ohms, 1M ohms)
- Various LEDs (red, green, yellow, blue)
- Various transistors (BC 548, BC 558)
- Miscellaneous diodes (1N4148, 1N4001)
- 1 Integrated circuit 555
- 1 protoboard
- 1 soldering iron for electronics and soldering
- 1 small cutting pliers
- 1 small nose pliers
- Connecting wires
- 1 Buzzer
- Various jumpers
- Sensors (LDR, NTC, magnetometer)
BUILDING AN ARTSAT:
| Schedule | Description |
|---|---|
| Course 01 21/09 16:00 |
Introduction and presentation of the course content. Installing and configuring the programs that will be used during the course. What are Cubesats? What are ArtSats? An introduction to Cubesats, SmallSats and Space Engineering. Presentation of the Course Project. Activities in Google Classroom. |
| Course 02 28/09 16:00 |
Electronics for Artists - a brief introduction. Using the Thinkercad program. Basic electronics components - Resistors, Capacitors, inductors, diodes, transistors, LEDs, basic circuits, power supply, batteries. Basic tools for electronics - protoboard, multimeter, soldering iron and some basic tools. Assembling your first electronic circuit. Activities in Google Classroom. |
| Course 03 05/10 16:00 |
Arduino for Artists - Using the Arduino IDE. Making your first program on Arduino. Python Programming Language for Artists - Using WinPython. Knowing the Python language. Activities in Google Classroom. |
| Course 04 19/10 16:00 |
Subsystems of a Cubesat. Which are its parts: EPS, OBDH, COMM, ADCS, PAYLOAD Energy Subsystem - EPS - batteries - solar panels? Activities in Google Classroom. |
| Course 05 26/10 16:00 |
OBDH subsystem - the Cubesat computer - experiments - Your first flight program. Activities in Google Classroom. |
| Course 06 09/11 16:00 |
COMM Subsystem - Telemetry and Remote Control - Communicating your Cubesat with Earth and sending your BEACON. ADCS subsists - Where am I? - learning to use a magnetometer. Activities in Google Classroom. |
| Course 07 16/11 16:00 |
Understanding orbits of a CubeSat with the STK and Gpredictor programs. Activities in Google Classroom. |
| Course 08 23/11 16:00 |
Payload Subsystem - The Cubesat Mission - RaioSat Mission. Activities in Google Classroom. |
| Course 09 30/11 16:00 |
Solo segment - storing your Cubesat data. Using Python and the Fldigi program to receive telemetry from your Cubesat. Activities in Google Classroom. |
| Course 10 07/12 16:00 |
Presentation of the Final Project by the students of the course. Planning your ArtSat mission. Activities in Google Classroom. |
