I'm a student currently studying Aerospace Engineering and recently we have been given an assignment to build a mock satellite. Studying my particular field I have only had limited experience when it comes to electronics and I am completely lost as to what I need to do. My part of the assignment involves the power supply. The basic design involves a 10cm cube with solar panels on each side connected to a battery. Obviously not all of the sides of the cube will be facing light at the same time so I need to stop the battery from supplying power to the cells that aren't facing the sun. I also need to measure the voltages and currents from each solar cell and the battery and I need to make sure that there isn't too much power being supplied to the battery from the solar cells. We have been given a microcontroller (ATMEL AT90S8535). If anyone could suggest anything I would be so appreciative.
Thanks
Belinda
Thanks
Belinda