Cube Sat Instructable

By Caden Howard

Step 1: Brainstorm

• Get with your team and identify your main objectives, and how you will accomplish them.
• Decide what type of sensor you will use, and how you will receive your data.
• Brain storm different designs and alternatives to building your cube sat.

Step 2: Research

• Do research on arduinos and your specific sensor.
• Decide how you will utilize your sensor
• find a code that will work for your sensor and make it effective.

Step 3: Assemble Arduino

• Find where you should connect the senor to the arduino.
• connect them correctly and upload code from computer.
• Run tests to ensure the sensor and arduino are working correctly.
• Put together SD card and wire to arduino.
• Run tests again and upload data from the SD to make sure it works properly.

Step 4: Assemble Cube Sat

• cut out a 10 X 10 X 10 cm cube of card board and fold together
• ensure one side can open and clip closed.
• Attach Velcro to inside to hold arduino in place.
• Attach sting to hang from motor
• ensure that whole arduino can fit into the cube and not fall apart.

Step 5: Tests

• Do shake test to simulate a take off for the cube
• If any wiring come undone fix this problem and retest
• Do flying simulator and repeat the last step.
• Again make adjustments to the cube.

Step 6: Final Test

• Do the final test and collect data
• Upload data to computer and analyze it
• put together presentation about the hard work accomplished.

Step 7: Review

• complete review about project and presentation
• Give grades to classmates/team members
• Decide how to make cube sat better
• celebrate a job well done