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Currently Playing: Rocinante: The Build a CubeSat Flight Software Stack – Part 1/3: Architecture Overview

We're kicking off a three-part series on Rocinante, the Build a CubeSat flight software stack! This first video covers where the architecture stands today, how the community built it, and where it's headed on the path to flight. Thanks to @PCBWayCom for sponsoring this episode! Use my referral link to get $5 credit: https://bac.page/pcbway Also check out their 12th Anniversary rewards and discounts: https://www.pcbway.com/activity/anniversary12th.html Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/yeusgM75ys Get pinged when the Dev Kits go on sale: https://bac.page/devkit-v1 ## ⏱️ Timestamps 00:00 Intro 00:33 Adios Python, Hola #zephyr & #fprime 01:01 Three Videos & Maintainer Shoutout 02:14 The Rocinante #cubesat Software Stack 02:47 Work in progress! 03:28 The Hardware We're targeting 03:48 Large Node: @raspberrypi #cm5 running Fprime on @TheYoctoProject 06:36 Small Node: @stmicroelectronics #stm32 running Zephyr 08:02 Zephyr's Flexibility on the MCU Carrier Board featuring #micromod 09:22 The Radio Board Plan 10:25 CubeSat Space Protocol on #canbus via bacBus 11:46 The Path Ahead and Progress 12:40 Medium Nodes 13:37 #security : Encryption vs. Authentication 15:22 Contributing 16:02 Thanks and Outro ## 🗒️ Errata - The Sparkfun LoRa function board seems to be retired – time to design a new one. ## 🛰️ Support This Project If you are looking for a way to support this channel, leave a tip or become a member :) - Channel Memberships: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLf9aKlW-TbC8zbrl0OvKLQ/join - Patreon: https://patreon.com/buildacubesat - Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/buildacubesat - PayPal: https://tinyurl.com/bac-donate ## 🌐 External Links - PCBWay: The Necessary Files & Info for Assembly Orders: https://www.pcbway.com/smt_ordering_guide.html - @txst Space Research Lab: https://txstspacelab.org/ - FrontierSat Mission Operations Log: https://github.com/CalgaryToSpace/CTS-SAT-1-Wiki/wiki/Mission-Operations - @NASA @NASAJPL F Prime: https://fprime.jpl.nasa.gov - nRF9151 MicroMod Processor on Crowdsupply: https://www.crowdsupply.com/hirsch-zone/nrf9151-micromod-processor - CubeSat Space Protocol (CSP, libcsp) https://github.com/libcsp/libcsp - SpaceCAN: https://librecube.gitlab.io/standards/spacecan/ - PROVES Kit: https://github.com/proveskit (turns out the deployment wasn't streamed) ## 🏔️ Repo Links - Rocinante CubeSat Software Stack (in development) https://codeberg.org/buildacubesat-project/bac-software - Rocinante Software Architecture Document: https://codeberg.org/buildacubesat-project/bac-software/src/branch/main/flight-segment/docs/BAC-FSW-SDD-001.md - PoC Project Board: https://codeberg.org/buildacubesat-project/bac-software/projects/43530 - Hardware Project Board: To be added later - bacBus Pinout: https://codeberg.org/buildacubesat-project/bac-hardware/src/branch/main/bacbus - Command authentication discussion: https://codeberg.org/buildacubesat-project/bac-software/issues/39 - Contributing guidelines: https://codeberg.org/buildacubesat-project/bac-software/src/branch/main/CONTRIBUTING.md - All repos on Codeberg: https://codeberg.org/buildacubesat-project - This episode: https://codeberg.org/buildacubesat-project/bac-docs/src/branch/main/content/s03e07 - Upcoming content: https://codeberg.org/buildacubesat-project/bac-docs/src/branch/main/content/content-plan.md ## 📺 Relevant Episodes - Prior Flight Software Ramblilngs: https://youtu.be/I6Y9H1x5E3o ## 📦 CubeSat Resources I'm maintaining a community-driven resource collection about CubeSat Development: https://cubesat-resources.space CubeSat glossary: https://bac.page/glossary --- Need a friendly, non-corporate GitHub/GitLab alternative? Check out https://codeberg.org --- #buildacubesat #episode #s03e07