NASA Kentucky EPSCoR Program - Electromagnetic Actuation System

Single-Degree-of-Freedom Experiments Demonstrating Electromagnetic Formation Flying for Small Satellite Swarms Using Piecewise-Sinusoidal Controls

This project is dedicated for Electromagnetic Actuation and Pulse Sensing in Single Degree of Freedom. The program written in this repository is for Experiment Setup that was built by Ajin Sunny. The program was originally written by Ajin Sunny. The program was last uploaded on 10-04-2019.

If you use this code in your research, please cite our papers:

Sunny, Ajin. "Single-degree-of-freedom Experiments Demonstrating Electromagnetic Formation Flying for Small Satellite Swarms Using Piecewise-sinusoidal Controls." (2019).

Abbasi, Zahra, et al. "Relative-position formation control of satellites using electromagnetic actuation with piecewise-sinusoidal controls." 2020 American Control Conference (ACC). IEEE, 2020.

@ARTICLE{sunny2019single,
  title={Single-degree-of-freedom Experiments Demonstrating Electromagnetic Formation Flying for Small Satellite Swarms Using Piecewise-sinusoidal Controls},
  author={Sunny, Ajin},
  year={2019}
}


@inproceedings{abbasi2020relative,
  title={Relative-position formation control of satellites using electromagnetic actuation with piecewise-sinusoidal controls},
  author={Abbasi, Zahra and Sunny, Ajin and Hoagg, Jesse B and Seigler, T Michael},
  booktitle={2020 American Control Conference (ACC)},
  pages={4951--4956},
  year={2020},
  organization={IEEE}
}

Experimental Setup

The experimental setup consists of the assembly of all the hardware components listed in the next section.

Hardware

1. Arduino Microcontroller
2. STM VL53L0X Laser-Range Finding sensor
3. XBee Series 1 RF Module
4. Arduino Wireless SD Shield
5. Lexan Polycabornate sheet
6. 3D Printed Coil Frame
7. VICOR Maxi DC-DC Boost Conveter
8. Copley Controls Amplifier
9. Lithium-ion Polymer Battery Pack
10. 22AWG Magnet Wire
11. Connecting/Soldering Wires
12. Ring Terminal-narrow diameter
13. Ring Terminal-wide diameter

Installing

Refer to the folder CODE for open-loop and closed-loop controls experiment code.

Deployment

Deployed the program to Arduino Due microcontroller using the programming USB port.

Contributing

Contribution towards Coordinated Position and Attitude Control for Formations of Small Satellites

Author

• Ajin Sunny - Initial work - Ajin Sunny
• Piper Cannon - Future Work - Piper Cannon

License

This project is licensed under the Apache License 2.0 - see the LICENSE.md file for details.

Acknowledgments

• Charles for his contributions to the SineWaveDue Library.