Payload FlatSat Test Plan

Payload FlatSat Test Group 1) CAN Communication Tests

Task Description: On the Payload FlatSat model, verify that Payload is capable of communicating with CDH module

Completion Deadline: July 10, 2022

Team Member: Ali, Jayden

Resources Required: PLD EM board, software development computer, power supply, CDH breadboard

Verification Activities: V-PLD-1570, V-PLD-1580

Pass Criteria: Payload can execute commands from CDH and send data to CDH

Test Procedures:

Verify that Payload is capable of communicating with CDH module on the spacecraft's CAN bus by requesting data from Payload and confirming that this data has been received by CDH.

Payload FlatSat Test Group 2) Imaging Tests

Task Description: On the Payload FlatSat model, verify that Payload is capable of controlling the cameras, taking images, and sending images when commanded to by CDH

Completion Deadline: July 10, 2022

Team Member: Ali, Jayden

Resources Required: PLD EM board, software development computer, power supply, CDH breadboard

Verification Activities: V-PLD-1550, V-PLD-1560, V-PLD-1590, V-PLD-1610

Pass Criteria: Payload can control both cameras and take, store, and send images to CDH as commanded.

Test Procedures:

1. Test to ensure that Payload can turn the cameras off and on when commanded to by CDH by:

   • Measuring the Camera's current drawing.

   • Checking the cameras' LED light.

2. Verify that Payload can reset either camera when commanded to do so by CDH by:

   • Checking the camera's current fluctuation.

3. Verify that Payload can take and send an image on the CAN line to CDH when commanded to do so by CDH by:

   • Checking the camera's current fluctuation.

   • Downloading the image with the right size.

   • Visually inspect the quality of the image after downloading.

4. Verify that payload can detect if the taken images have the right pixelation and are not corrupted before sending to the CDH by:

   • First, the image size needs to pass 100 KB size criteria.

   • Second, the average pixel value in the image needs to be more than 10 (ranges between 0 and 255).

Payload FlatSat Test Group 3) Health Telemetry Tests

Task Description: On the Payload FlatSat model, verify that Payload is capable of reading, storing, and sending health telemetry to CDH as commanded to by CDH

Completion Deadline: July 10, 2022

Team Member: Ali, Jayden

Resources Required: PLD EM board, software development computer, power supply, CDH breadboard

Verification Activities: V-PLD-1600, V-PLD-1540

Pass Criteria: Payload can read both thermistors and the power good signal. Payload can take, store, and send this health telemetry to CDH as commanded.

Test Procedures:

Test to ensure that Payload can read both thermistors and the power good signal when commanded to by CDH and able to send this data to CDH by commanding the payload to take, store, and send this data to CDH and confirming that this telemetry has been taken correctly and not corrupted when received by CDH.

Payload FlatSat Test Group 4) Full Functional Payload Test

Task Description: On the Payload FlatSat model, verify that Payload is capable of functioning correctly over a full functional test.

Completion Deadline: July 10, 2022

Team Member: Ali, Jayden

Resources Required: PLD EM board, software development computer, power supply, CDH breadboard

Verification Activities: V-PLD-1629

Pass Criteria: Payload can take, store, and transmit a camera image and health telemetry to CDH as commanded over a simulated operation.

Test Procedures:

Test to ensure that Payload can take, store, and transmit a camera image and health telemetry while having a peak power consumption under 0.9 W and does not exceed 0.206 A.