Template:SEDSAT-2 Tasks

ADCS Tasks

Status as of 3rd August 2008

Steve: work out MCU hardware choice and application details
Steve: produce 2D drafts of comms components for Robert (Structures)
Bryan: Implement header and message checksumming functions in the Packet code
- Add code inside the Packet class constructor to generate a checksum of the Packet fields id, cksum, dest, src, type.
- Add code inside the CmdPacket class constructor to generate a checksum of the CmdPacket fields. Call this.toString() from inside CmdPacket and you'll get all of the CmdPackets fields and also all the subfields of the CmdPacket sub-class (eg. XmitCmdPacket). Then generate the checksum based on the result of the this.toString() call.
Nikko: Start porting the Packet/CmdPacket/XmitCmdPacket classes over to the MCU.
- Implement a C code function packet_init(...) which initialises a packet structure with the required fields (see Packet.java)
- Implement a C code function cmd_packet_init(...) which initialises a command packet (which consists of the packet datastructure plus command packet fields). Use the packet_init(...) function to initialise the packet datastructure.
- Implement a C code function xmit_cmd_packet_init(...) which initialises an XMIT control packet (which consists of a cmd_packet datastructure)

Availability this week:

Tasks as of 5th July 2008:

Everyone should join the Ground Team Google Group to share any work in progress with other Ground team members
- http://groups.google.com/group/sedsat2-bath?hl=en
Everyone to make sure they are able to chat using Google Talk
- add droidus@gmail.com in GTalk to be able to join meetings
Think about what areas you are interested in working on
- email Andrew or Talini, who will be happy to assign you a task or talk about your ideas
Have a look at the tasks described in Pre-Design Phase to see if you can help: