DynOSSAT-EDU OBC
by BH Dynamics
DynOSSAT-EDU is the first open source PocketQube educational kit compatible with CircuitPython and Arduino.
This plaform is equipped with all the necessary modules for the operation of a nanosatellite (PocketQube) in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) that would serve as a device for teaching, training, and driving curiosity about the philosophy and technology related to NewSpace.
This is the On-Board Computer (OBC), the module responsible for managing the satellite and process sensor data. It integrates a 9-axis IMU, a gas sensor, a temperature sensor and carries a powerful ATSAMD51.
Hardware is licensed under CERN OHL v1.2.
Technical details
- Powerful ATSAMD51J20A-AU 120 MHz Cortex-M4F processor with 1 MB flash + 256 KB RAM for all your CircuitPython needs
- 32 Mbit SPI flash for storing CircuitPython code and libraries
- High-precision ICM-20948 Inertial Measurement Unit including Accelerometer, Gyroscope and Magnetometer for Attitude management
- MCP9808 Digital Temperature Sensor
- SGP30 TVOC and eqCO2 air quality sensor
- User-controllable WS2812B addressable RGB LED
- Separate 5V and 3.3V rails, providing up to 1A/500mA respectively
- MicroSD Card slot
- Female USB-C 2.0 connector for power and data logging
- PQBH40 bus exposing 10 digital pins, 6 analog pins (+ true DAC), an I2C bus, an SPI bus and an UART
- Comes preprogrammed with the UF2 bootloader and CircuitPython 6.0.0
Documentation
This board is open source hardware. You can check the docs and contribute here.
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CircuitPython 6.3.0
This is the latest stable release of CircuitPython that will work with the DynOSSAT-EDU OBC.
Start here if you are new to CircuitPython.
Built-in modules available: _bleio, _pixelbuf, analogio, audiobusio, audiocore, audioio, audiomixer, audiomp3, binascii, bitbangio, bitmaptools, board, busio, countio, digitalio, displayio, errno, framebufferio, frequencyio, gamepad, i2cperipheral, json, math, microcontroller, msgpack, neopixel_write, nvm, os, ps2io, pulseio, pwmio, random, re, rgbmatrix, rotaryio, rtc, sdcardio, sharpdisplay, storage, struct, supervisor, terminalio, time, touchio, ulab, usb_hid, usb_midi, vectorio
CircuitPython 7.0.0-alpha.5
This is the latest unstable release of CircuitPython that will work with the DynOSSAT-EDU OBC.
Unstable builds have the latest features but are more likely to have critical bugs.
Release Notes for 7.0.0-alpha.5
Built-in modules available: _bleio, adafruit_bus_device, adafruit_pixelbuf, analogio, audiobusio, audiocore, audioio, audiomixer, audiomp3, binascii, bitbangio, bitmaptools, board, busio, countio, digitalio, displayio, errno, fontio, framebufferio, frequencyio, i2cperipheral, json, keypad, math, microcontroller, msgpack, neopixel_write, nvm, os, ps2io, pulseio, pwmio, rainbowio, random, re, rgbmatrix, rotaryio, rtc, sdcardio, sharpdisplay, storage, struct, supervisor, synthio, terminalio, time, touchio, ulab, usb_cdc, usb_hid, usb_midi, vectorio
Absolute Newest
Every time we commit new code to CircuitPython we automatically build binaries for each board and language. The binaries are stored on Amazon S3, organized by board, and then by language. Try them if you want the absolute latest and are feeling daring or want to see if a problem has been fixed.
Past Releases
All previous releases are listed on GitHub, with release notes, and are available for download from Amazon S3. They are handy for testing, but otherwise we recommend using the latest stable release. Some older GitHub release pages include the same binaries for downloading. But we have discontinued including binaries as assets on newer release pages because of the large number of files for each release.