GAUSS S.r.l, a company operating in the emerging industry of New Space technology mainly related to the design and realization of microsatellites and CubeSats has introduced a new Power Conditioning and Distribution Unit (PCDU) that is specifically designed for CubeSats.
The PCDU Board designed and manufactured by GAUSS is intended as the main power board to be used for interfacing the CubeSat EPS bus with hosted payloads. The board features four regulated, independent power channels, and one unregulated channel, directly connected to VBAT. The system hosts three power modules to convert energy sourced from the main EPS or a custom battery pack to the required tensions. Two power outputs are rated for high currents, up to 6 A.
All power module statuses can be constantly monitored and controlled via a dedicated I2C bus. Every power output has a dedicated, user-configurable current limiter and switch. All load currents are monitored via an ADC and the I2C bus. Board temperature hotspots can be controlled via I2C. Interrupt requests are handled via the PC104 stack to be interfaced with the platform OBDH.
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