Onboard software
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Santiago Iglesias Cofán [1] ; Arno Formella [1]
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[1] Universidade de Vigo
Universidade de Vigo
Vigo, España
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- Localización: CubeSat handbook: from mission design to operations / coord. por Chantal Cappelletti , Simone Battistini, Benjamin K. Malphrus, 2021, ISBN 978-0-12-817884-3, págs. 237-250
- Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
This chapter provides an overview of the software engineering process for the development of onboard software for small satellites. Such a process should be guided by clearly specified requirements that are testable and traceable. Two important decisions that must be drawn in a CubeSat satellite project to achieve high-quality software are which software architecture to use and which design methodology to employ. In a CubeSat project one can observe a shift from hardware cost to software cost, as in many cases off the shelf products for hardware components can be used, however, the controlling software that implements all system requirements usually remains to be developed and tested. Simulation and fault analysis are valuable tools from the software engineering point of view that help the mission to succeed. Every part of the software that is not tested rigorously tends to put the entire mission into risk.
