Designing a low cost cubesat's command and data handling subsystem kit

Abstract

Commercial CubeSat kit is widely used to simplify CubeSat design process and shortened development schedule by providing standard and reliable hardware architecture. However, project team still needs to coordinate subsystems integration. It becomes more difficult for undergraduate students because they may not familiar with the components used in the kit. Price of the kits is also expensive, especially when converted to Malaysian Ringgit. Research is done to investigate suitable hardware and software architecture and design low cost Command and Data Handling subsystem (C&DH) kit with short learning curve. The kit will consist of hardware and software that is popular among university students and allow less coordination during development. This paper presents the current C&DH architecture for CubeSat and the selection of hardware and software components for the C and DH kit. The kit will be cost effective and convenient to be used by students.