Integration and Testing (2 months or more)

• Integration

  • Power trio: solar, battery, bus
  • Power→transmitter
  • Power→sensors
  • Power→processor
  • Sensors calibration
  • Sensors→processor (same as reference architecture)
  • Transmitter→antenna→testbed radio
  • Processor→transmitter

• Testing

  • Power budget (full on, nominal usage, quiet)
  • Ability to reboot

  • Communications

    • Telecommanding, especially transmitter turn on/off
    • Advanced telecommanding, if any (including uploading new code)
    • Downloading of sample data
  • Sensor sensitivity, calibration
  • Deployment
  • Vacuum and initial outgassing
  • Thermal vacuum
  • Vibration/shake
  • Drop
  • Ability to reboot (again)