This is a project that me and a few of my classmates in my high school physics class made. Our end goal was to design, build a working CubeSat that would orbit Mars and collect data. This project included building the frame of the CubeSat, wiring the Arduino and then program the Arduino. the sensor we used was an ultrasonic sensor that measured the distance between two objects.

The rules for the project were the whole Arduino with everything in it had to weigh less than 1.3Kg, it must be a 10X10X10 cm cube, and the frame has to protect the Arduino, and allow it to collect data

Step 1: Materials

Arduino

Arduino UNO
SD card module
SD card
Ultrasonic sensor
Breadboard
Wires
Batteries

CubeSat

Cardboard
Scissors
Yarn
Popsicle Sticks
Hot Glue

Step 2: Wiring and Coding

Hook up the Arduino to the computer
Wire up the Auduino just like the diagram
Copy code and put into the IDE an upload it to the Arduino

/*
Ultrasonic sensor Pins: VCC: +5VDC Trig : Trigger (INPUT) - Pin11 Echo: Echo (OUTPUT) - Pin 12 GND: GND */ int trigPin = 11; // Trigger int echoPin = 12; // Echo long duration, cm, inches; void setup() { //Serial Port begin Serial.begin (9600); //Define inputs and outputs pinMode(trigPin, OUTPUT); pinMode(echoPin, INPUT); } void loop() { // The sensor is triggered by a HIGH pulse of 10 or more microseconds. // Give a short LOW pulse beforehand to ensure a clean HIGH pulse: digitalWrite(trigPin, LOW); delayMicroseconds(5); digitalWrite(trigPin, HIGH); delayMicroseconds(10); digitalWrite(trigPin, LOW); // Read the signal from the sensor: a HIGH pulse whose // duration is the time (in microseconds) from the sending // of the ping to the reception of its echo off of an object. pinMode(echoPin, INPUT); duration = pulseIn(echoPin, HIGH); // Convert the time into a distance cm = (duration/2) / 29.1; // Divide by 29.1 or multiply by 0.0343 inches = (duration/2) / 74; // Divide by 74 or multiply by 0.0135 Serial.print(inches); Serial.print("in, "); Serial.print(cm); Serial.print("cm"); Serial.println(); delay(250); }