The student will have to design a printed circuit board (PCB) that hosts the sensor and euither an FPGA or a microcontroller to interface with the sensor and the central control unit of the space craft. Thus, some skill with a PCB design tool will be needed (such as Eagle) and some experience with embedded system design.
Build an Attitude Determination System with the 4DSpace Sun Sensor
Sun sensors are used by space craft to determine their own attitude/orientation relative to the vector pointing at the sun. A PhD project within the 4DSpace Research Initiative has developped such a sun sensor based on principles from 'neuromorphic' electronics. The aim of this MSc project now is to make that sensor part of a system that will be able to fly on a sounding rocket or cube-sat.
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