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  • Requirements

    Ground Station 2024-2025 rework

    Category

    Requirement

    Rationale

     

    Category

    Requirement

    Rationale

     

    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