Team Introduction Project Team Members Faculty Guide Customers Satellite Thermal Heater Controller - P09141 Team Members Anthony Berwin (ME), Scott Rioux (ISE), Greg Pawlowski (EE), Sarmad Adedin (EE), John Scipione (EE) Faculty Guide Mr. George Slack Customers ITT Corporation (Chuck Moon) D3 Engineering (Scott Reardon)
Concept Generation Communications Protocol GUI PC Master Connection Enclosure Material Enclosure Type Interface Board Vibration Potting Material
Communications Modulation Techniques Protocol Interface Board FSK PSK PAM Spread Spectrum OFDM Protocol Fixed length (Start and End Characters) Control characters with byte stuffing Interface Board Signal Passing/DC power blocking Modulation Implementation
User Interface GUI PC Master Connection Visual Basic Labview C++ Java Serial USB Parallel
Enclosure Enclosure Material Enclosure Type Aluminum Alloy Titanium Alloy Beryllium Alloy Enclosure Type U Shaped Box 5 Sided Box 4 Sided Box Hinged Lids Threaded Screw Holes
Vibration Minimization Potting Potting Material Epoxy base, urethane, silicone Asphalt base, Patent Number 5726386 Vibration Isolators Similar to stand offs
Control System On-Off Control Linear Control Include hysteresis, in the form of deadband Linear Control Proportional Control PID Control