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2. Telemetry

Jonathan Ma edited this page Apr 18, 2024 · 20 revisions

There are 2 different packet formats that ChipSats downlink: data packets and callsign packets.

Data packet

Byte # Bits Data Min Max Units
0-1 GPS Latitude -9000 9000 degrees * 100
2-3 GPS Longitude -18000 18000 degrees * 100
4-5 GPS Altitude 0 50000 10s of meters
6 Gyro X -245 245 deg/s
7 Gyro Y -245 245 deg/s
8 Gyro Z -245 245 deg/s
9 Acc X -20 20 m/s2
10 Acc Y -20 20 m/s2
11 Acc Z -20 20 m/s2
12 Mag X -100 100 uT
13 Mag Y -100 100 uT
14 Mag Z -100 100 uT
15 Temperature -40 125 Degrees Celsius
16 0-3 Received Uplinks 0 255
4-7 Invalid Uplinks 0 255
17 0-1 ChipSat ID 0 3
2 GPS Valid 0 1
3 IMU Valid 0 1
4 Boot Flag 0 1
5 Receive Flag 0 1

Callsign packet

Byte # Character ASCII
0 K 75
1 D 68
2 2 50
3 W 87
4 T 84
5 Q 81
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