Requirements

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

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 6-8x USB output ports

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