The piCAM from SkyFox Labs is a Satellite Camera that has optics with ~60 deg default field of view and an attached IR-cut filter. It has an image resolution of 640 x 480 pixels and supports serial interface UART bitrate of up to 921600 BPS. It requires a supply voltage of 2.7-3.6 V and has a current consumption of 95 mA. This Digital CubeSat Camera module is specially designed to provide colorful imaging in JPEG format and VGA resolution aboard small satellites with an external Flashlight control signal. It has a MOSFET-free input power switch that allows the unit to be connected permanently to a fixed power bus.
This miniature CubeSat camera has a power consumption of 315 mW. It is available in a module that measures 33 x 33 x 19 mm and is suitable for various applications such as small satellites, CubeSats, pico-nano-micro-sats, low-res space imaging, civil scientific high-altitude balloons, educational imaging, and educational weather monitoring from space.
