IonSat Project

Connectors IonSat
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Connectors on the IonSat Platform

Author(s):

1. Introduction
The objective of this document is to detail all the internal connection in the IonSat platform.

2. Components
The complete list of components is described in the following Figure:

3. PRO S/S Connectors

The propulsion subsystem is only composed of one element: the NPT30-I2 thruster

Figure 1. NPT30-I2, 1U version

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Connector PRO-J1: power interface connector, it is connected to the EPS Battery Bus Voltage and
grounded.

1 Ground (max current 3A)

2 Ground (max current 3A)
3 Supply voltage(12-28V) (max current 3A)
4 Supply voltage(12-28V) (max current 3A)

Connector PRO-J2: this is the connector for the I2C connection with the OBC

1 I2C SDA
2 I2C Ground
3 I2C SCL

Connector PRO-J3: this is the connector for the CAN with redundancy connection with the OBC

1 CANL1
2 CANH1
3 CAN Ground
4 CAN Ground
5 CANL2
6 CANH2

From the datasheet:

Connector Type # Description Manufacturer Reference Reference of the

pins mating plug
PRO-J1 Socket 4 Power interface Molex 560020- 560123-0400 or
0420 505151-0401
PRO-J2 Socket 3 I2C interface Molex 104130- 104130-0300
0310
PRO-J3 Socket 6 CAN interface Molex 501331- 501330-0600
0607

4. ADCS S/S Connectors

PC104

Power supply

The ADCS must be supplied with regulated 3.3 V, 5.0 V and the raw battery voltage, V battery. Battery
voltage must be between 6.4V and 17V.

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The 3.3 V and 5.0 V buses must be provided by one of H1-48, 50, 52 or H2-27, 28 (3.3 V) and one of
H1-47, 49, 51 or H2-25, 26 (5 V). The battery bus (pins H2-45 and H2-46) supplies power to the
CubeWheels and the magnetometer boom deployment circuitry.

H1: this connects the CubeADCS to the other components of the CubeSat (I2C as the main
communication bus)

1 CANL 2 enable lines for CubeADCS modules position 1

3 CANH 4 enable lines for CubeADCS modules position 1
5 enable W 6 enable lines for CubeADCS modules position 1
7 enable W 8 enable lines for CubeADCS modules position 1
9 enable W 10 Enable line for Cubestar position 1
11 Enable lines for CubeADCS modules 12
position 1
13 Enable GPIO/ADC 14 Enable GPIO/ADC
15 Enable GPIO/ADC 16 Enable lines for CubeADCS modules position 2
17 UART_1 18 UART_1
19 UART_1 20 UART_1
21 I2C_SCL_ADCS 22
23 I2C_SDA_ADCS 24
25 26
27 28
29 SPI_CLK 30 SPI_MOSI/MISO
31 SPI_MOSI/MISO 32 SPI_CS
33 UART_2 34
35 UART_2 36
37 38
39 UART_2 40
41 I2C_SDA_SYS 42
43 I2C_SCL_SYS 44
45 46
47 5V_S 48 3V3_S
49 5V_S 50 3V3_S
51 5V_S 52 3V3_S

H2: this connects the CubeADCS to the battery

The battery bus (pins H2-45 and H2-46) supplies power to the CubeWheels and the magnetometer
boom deployment circuitry.

1 2
3 4
5 6
7 8
9 10
11 12
13 14

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15 Enable line for Cubestar position 2 16

17 Enable lines for CubeADCS modules 18
position 2 Enable lines for CubeADCS modules position 2
19 Enable lines for CubeADCS modules 20
position 2 Enable lines for CubeADCS modules position 2
21 UART_1 22 UART_1
23 24
25 5V 26 5V
27 3V3 28 3V3
29 GND 30 GND
31 32 GND
33 34
35 36
37 38
39 40
41 42
43 44
45 V_bat 46 V_bat
47 48
49 50
51 52

CubeWheel (not used)

A CubeWheel unit requires 3.3 V and the battery voltage, or Vbattery, to operate. The digital
electronics are powered by the 3.3 V line, whereas the motor runs off the battery voltage. The motor
supply power is connected to a switch controlled by the MCU. The motor power switch is off by
default and can be switched on via TC. The 3.3 V supplied to the CubeWheel unit directly powers the
MCU, and a power switch on this line is controlled by the Enable pin.

1 PGND
2 PGND
3 V_bat
4 V_bat
5 DGND
6 3.3V
7 UART_TX
8 UART_RX
9 ENABLE
10 I2C_SCL
11 I2C_SDA
12 DGND
13 CANH
14 CANL

CubeSense
This connector is for power supply and I2C UART communication, there are two sensors, that will be
used as Fine Sun Sensor. The two sensors are located in opposite faces +-Z, to maximize coverage.

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1 3.3V
2 SDA (I2C)
3 SCL (I2C)
4 GND
5 RX (UART)
6 TX (UART)
7 EN (ACTIVE HIGH)
8 GND

CubeComputer
It has 8 connectors and the PC104

The OBC provides two I2C channels, where one is used to interface with the main I2C bus on the
CubeSat, either as a slave or master, and another can be used to communicate with a separate slave
device(s) and/or subsystem(s). A CAN bus is also available for high speed and high reliability
communication on the main CubeSat header

P100: this connector is used for programming the microcontroller (JTAG)

P101: this connector is used for debug UART output.

P600: this connector is a piggyback header used for expansion board

1 V_bat
2 V_bat
3 5V from main header
4 5V from main header
5 3.3V from main header
6 3.3V from main header
7 UART_RX
8 I2C_SCL
9 UART_TX
10 I2C_SDA
11 SPI_CLK
12 PWM
13 SPI_CS
14 PWM
15 SPI_MOSI
16 PWM
17 SPI_MISO
18 GPIO
19 PWM
20 GPIO
21 GPIO
22 GPIO
23 BU_VIN (power the backup)
24 GPIO
25 ADC
26 ADC

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27 ADC
28 ADC
29 GND
30 GND

Main headers PC104

H1: this connector carries out the CAN protocol, the I2C and the main I2C bus

1 CANL
3 CANH
21 SUB_I2C_SCL
23 SUB_I2C_SDA
41 SYS_I2C_SDA
43 SYS_I2C_SCL
47,49,5 5V_SW
1
48,50,5 3V3_SW
2

H2: this connects the CubeComputer to the EPS

25,26 5V
27,28 3V3
29,30,32 GND
45,46 V_BAT

P601 and P602: this jumper connection is to select main and subsystem I2C bus voltage levels

1-2 5V
2-3 3V3

P200: this connector is used for programming FPGA

P300: microSD card slot

P500: this is a jumper connection to enable/disable the external watchdog timer

5. OBC S/S Connectors

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6. COM S/S Connectors

UHF transceiver card: AX100

AX100-J2 Picoblade Connector: The JTAG interface is used for factory software upload only. The
AX100 module will ship with firmware pre-installed. Uploading new firmware will void the factory
checkout.

AX100-J3 Picoblade USART (debug Connector)

Pin Description
1 GND
2 VCC 3.3V
3 USART2 RX (Data to AX100)
4 USART2 TX (Data to AX100)

AX100-J4 – MCX RF Connector: The RF connector is a 50 ΩMCX for edge mounting

Pin Description
1 RF In/Out

AX100-J1 FSI Main Connector, type: SAMTEC-FSI-110-D. The overall stacking height between the
NanoDock and the AX100 module’s underside is 3.0 mm. A 3.0 mm spacer must therefore be used in
each of the four corners.

Pi Description Pin Description

n
1 GND 20 GND
2 GND 19 GND
3 VCC 3.3V 18 VCC 3.3V
4 VCC 3.3V 17 VCC 3.3V
5 I2C SCL 16 Not connected
6 I2C SDA 15 Not connected
7 CAN HIGH 14 Not connected
8 CAN LOW 13 Not connected
9 USART4 RX (data to AX100) 12 Not connected
10 USART4 RX (data from AX100) 11 Not connected

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Dock DMC 3

Top placement of connectors:

DMC X1 – FS1 ; X1-2 – FS1 ; X2 – FS1, only one of them will be used, X1 – FS1 (TBC)

DMC X1 – FS1

Pin Description Pin Description

1 GND 20 GND
2 GND 19 GND
3 VCC_X1 18 VCC_X1
4 VCC_X1 17 VCC_X1
5 SCL 16 AUX 1
6 SDA 15 AUX 2
7 CAN high 14 AUX 3
8 CAN low 13 AUX 4
9 UART0 RX 12 UART1 RX
10 UART0 TX 11 UART1 TX

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DMC PC104 Interface

H1 PIN H2 PIN
1 CANL 25/26 5V OP
3 CANH 27/28 3.3V OP
41 SDA 29 GND
43 SCL 30 GND
47 to 52 User supply (optional) 32 GND
45/46 Vbat OP
48 GND OP
52 GND OP

DMC P12 – I2C & CAN, VCC_PAY is User configurable

Pin Description
1 SCL
2 SDA
3 CANL
4 CANH
5 GND
6 VCC_PAY
7 GND

DMC USB

Pin Description
1 GND

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2 5V
3 DN
4 DP

No other connectors are used\

AX100 (only top side connectors used)

AX100-J1 SAMTEC-FSI-110-D

AX100-J2 Picoblade 8 pin

AX100-J3 debug Picoblade 4 pin

AX100-J4 MCX RF

DMC-3

DMC X1 – FSI, X1-2 – FSI, X2 – FSI: SAMTEC FSI-110-D

DMC P1, P2 Molex PicoBlade 53261-0871

DMC P6-10 Molex PicoLock 503763-0291

DMC P11-SPI Molex PicoLock 504050-0691

DMC P12-I2C & CAN Molex PicoLock 504050-0791

DMC USB Molex PicoBlade 53261-0471

AX100

# Id # pins Description Type Interface with

1 AX100-J1 20 Main connector Data & Power DMC-3
2 AX100-J2 8 JTAG connector Firmware update NC
3 AX100-J3 4 Debug Data USART debug Debug
4 AX100-J4 RF RF Connector Antenna RF ANT UHF

DMC-3

# Id # Description Type Interface with

Pins
1 DMC-H1 52 Stackable connector Data & Power Brain pile
2 DMC-H2 52 Stackable connector Data & Power Brain pile
3 DMC-X1 20 X1-FSI Data & Power AX100
4 DMC-X1-2 20 X1-2 ADC A/D, Data SPI, I2C NC
5 DMC-X2 20 X2-FSI Data & Power NC
6 DMC-X3 20 X3-FSI Data & Power NC
7 DMC-X4 20 X4-FSI Data & Power NC

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8 DMC-P1 8 Breakout Connector Data X1 UART, aux NC

9 DMC-P2 8 Breakout Connector Data X2 UART, aux NC
10 DMC-P3 8 Breakout Connector Data X3 UART, aux NC
11 DMC-P4 8 Breakout Connector Data X4 UART, aux NC
12 DMC-P6 to 2 ADC inputs connected A/D NC
DMC-P10 eac to X1-2
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13 DMC-P11 6 SPI to A3200 Data SPI NC
14 DMC-P12 7 I2C and CAN Data I2C, CAN NC
15 DMC-USB 4 USB connector Data USB NC
16 DMC-GPS 20 GPS Novatel OEM719 Data UART NC

7. EPS S/S Connectors

8. TCS S/S Connectors

9. Payload Connectors

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