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Wireless Interconnect CubeSat using Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)

Adam Kinsley·Michelle Frolio·Seth Freni·Benjamin Busler·Adam Fifth·John Schmalzel·Darren Boyd
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The Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) subsystem controls the communication between boards on the CubeSat. It will replace wired Universal Asynchronous Receiver-Transmitter (UART) connections between Command and Data Handling (C&DH) and each subsystem. It allows us to only use one UART channel and reduces the length of commands sent to the subsystems.

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Adam Kinsley, Michelle Frolio, Seth Freni, Benjamin Busler, Adam Fifth, John Schmalzel, Darren Boyd. Wireless Interconnect CubeSat using Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE). https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20230009094

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