Introduction In the last two posts I looked at hardware for receiving CubeSats as well as software for decoding the signals (Ref.1/2). In this post I will put this all together for real time CubeSat signal captures. Compared to receiving NOAA15/18/19, I find CubeSat reception quite difficult. First the frequency is higher so there is… Continue reading RTL-SDR for 433MHz/70cm CubeSats Signal Captures
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RTL-SDR for 433MHz/70cm CubeSats on GNURadio
Introduction In the previous post I examined receiving Amateur Radio/University CubeSats on the 433MHz/70cm band (Ref.1). In this post I look at how to decode CubeSat transmissions using the gr_satellites out of tree module on GNURadio. gr_satellites was developed by Daniel Estevez EA4GPZ. I will test several library signal captures to demonstrate how to use… Continue reading RTL-SDR for 433MHz/70cm CubeSats on GNURadio
RTL-SDR for 433MHz/70cm CubeSats
Introduction Recently I read a book about new rocket and satellite advancements by Ashlee Vance: “When the Heavens Went on Sale” (Ref.1). This got me very excited and I decided to see if I could receive current Amateur Radio or University Cube Satellites. Equipment Setup Figure 1 shows the equipment setup. I decided to copy… Continue reading RTL-SDR for 433MHz/70cm CubeSats
ICM20948 9DOF IMU on RaspberryPi4B
Introduction In the previous post I looked at using the ICM20948 9DOF IMU with Arduino Uno (Ref.1). In this post I examine the IMU with RaspberryPi4B using Python. In order to test the IMU, I am using a protoboard with on board voltage regulator (Ref.2). The ICM20948 contains two dies on a 3x3mm package: an… Continue reading ICM20948 9DOF IMU on RaspberryPi4B
ICM20948 9DOF IMU on Arduino Uno
Introduction In previous posts I looked at using the GY-91 as a sensor board for OpenPlotter (Ref.1). This board included an MPU9250 9DOF IMU with a BMP280 temperature/pressure sensor. The MPU9250 stopped being manufactured circa 2018 and the ICM20948 is the suggested replacement. In this post I look at using an ICM20948 proto board with… Continue reading ICM20948 9DOF IMU on Arduino Uno