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Category | Requirement | Rationale | |
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Hardware | Case to house the ground station | Must have hardware robust to human error Must have a storage compartment big enough to hold ground station equipment Preferably lighter than V1 | |
Hardware | Filtered cooling | Must have a filtered cooling solution to sufficiently support cooling hardware | |
Power | At least 8h of operation | Must be capable of running for long periods of time between charges | |
Power | Support for USB-C Power Delivery | Must be able to have the the computers, cooling system and critical support equipment powered over USB-C PD Should support USB-C PD output for other devices | |
CPU | Must be designed around Framework 13 laptop Mainboard Intel Core I5-1135G7 | Framework being provided to replace Latte Pandas | |
Display | Integrated screen suited for outdoor conditions | Must have an integrated screen that is visible in outdoor conditions | |
Display | Passive HDMI switcher | Should have a passive HDMI switcher that can reliably switch between display inputs | |
Radio | Audio I/O for radio applications | Should be able to receive audio input for radio applications Should be able to output audio for monitoring radio | |
Radio | Radio I/O | Should have properly mounted, integrated radio I/O (TBD)Must not use RP-SMA!!!!!!!!!!!! Must standardize using BNC RF connector | |
Radio | Support for HAM radio related applications on Windows | Should be able to support HAM radio related applications on Windows RTL SDR | |
Connectivity | Ethernet | Must be able to communicate and receive telemetry over Ethernet Must have network switches support 1 Gigabit (TBD) Should not buy shitty network switches (TBD) (re-word) | |
Connectivity | Remote connectivity | Should allow other computers to remotely connect to the ground station computer(s) | |
Connectivity | I/O Ports: | Must support (TBD)x 6-8x USB output ports for each computer Should support a various amount of I/O ports (TBD on types and count) | |
Environmental | Dust Resistant | Must be capable of preventing damage to components in dust heavy environments | |
Environmental | Heat Resistant | Must be capable of withstanding hot conditions for duration of operation |