Desktop Satellite Zero-G Simulator

[Cosmoneer]

Hi All,

I wanted to know what everyone thought about an open source Desktop Satellite Zero-G Simulator with 1DOF.

http://cosmospioneering.com/product/cosmoneer-proto-kit-assembled/

The coolest part of the kit is the 1DOF inertial guidance system, based on a hobby-sized single gimbal control moment gyro and a digital magnetometer.  The Satellite kit bundles a complete nano-satellite's subsystems into a spherical cubesat sized space and leverages wireless inductive power to simulate the low-friction zero-gravity environment of space.

Please check it out.  Any and all feedback is welcome!


The complete assembly instructions on Instructables:
https://www.instructables.com/id/Cosmoneer-Proto/
https://www.instructables.com/id/Assembling-a-Cosmoneer-Proto-Stand/

Complete 3D printable parts on Thingiverse:
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2154587
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2159548

PCB files and Arduino sketches on GitHub:
https://github.com/cosmospioneering



Thanks for your interest and feedback!


-Cosmoneer

[Lumina]

Belated welcome to the board, awesome first post!

I was searching the board for "simulator" and came across your post Interesting project you have there!

[Lar]

how did this crowd miss this?

Wondering if you have any updates, Cosmoneer?

[Cosmoneer]

Hi, thanks for replying to the post!

I do have some updates, and will share more in the coming weeks.  What I can tell you now is that I am working on a slightly larger, more complicated simulator for World Maker Faire in NYC later this month.  The Cosmoneer that is running on this simulator boasts a scissored pair CMG, a 1A wireless power coil and is sporting a 25mW FPV camera and a bluetooth controller with a joystick and an OLED display.

I will be letting kids, young and old try to "dock" the Cosmoneer, which will be hanging in a darkened tent with a projection screen so I can reconfigure the images at will.  The Cosmoneer's telemetry is broadcast via bluetooth and displayed on top of the video feed via PIP, an overlay might come later.

Once I am done with WMF, I will post the 3D models for the updated Cosmoneer and the larger simulation table.