Here is a short video displaying our prototype deployment switch being drawn into a model rail end and released, pushing out.
2 years ago
M-CUBED
A grassroots student group from the University of Michigan that is designing, building, testing, and flying a spacecraft. Space is the place for UofM! Support comes from a number of faculty members and sponsors. This is a place for us the share ideas through the team.
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February 15, 2010
Photos of the Prototype Deployment Switch, fondly being called ‘DepSep’ for Deployment/Separation switch’ Apparently no one knows which it really is, so we’re calling it both.
I present you the mighty DepSep!
2 years ago
February 8, 2010
We’re Building!
Hey All, despite the lack in blogging, we’ve been making great progress and we’re gonna try to get some more updates to you all soon. At the end of this month we have a Subsystem demonstration, so expect lots of updates from that!
I’ve spent the last few weeks working on machining hardware, and we have a functional prototype for our deployment switch. I have begun to machine new rails for another structure, this time we’ve thinned it down even more to reduce mass.
I’ll post pictures later on this week. Till then, Go Blue!
-Gary
2 years ago
October 20, 2009
Hetav working in the clean room preparing tabs for the solar panels.
2 years ago
September 23, 2009
Ueye camera working on Ubuntu 9.04 with linux kernel 2.6.28-15!
2 years ago
September 21, 2009
M-Cubed Logo displayed on Atmel AVR32 demo board!
2 years ago
August 7, 2009
The M-cubed team after the IST. “Those who stay will be champions” -(Kiko) Kiril Assenov Dontchev
2 years agoThe Payload System Configuration with the Toradex and Camera attached!
2 years agoSome really cool pictures taken by the Ueye camera (M-cubed Payload).
2 years ago
August 6, 2009
The EPS team has made some major progress in the last couple weeks, and we have assembled our first revision board and first full battery board. It has now sucessfully demonstrated battery solar panel type input, running off battery, charging, regulated output through 3A on each of the 5V and 3.3V lines, as well as most of its telemetry. It is now being put through simulated operations to see how well it holds up. So far so good!
2 years ago