AMSAT Fox-1 Maximum Power Point Tracker

摘要

The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation, AMSAT, has designed and built a series of 1U Cubesats referred to as Fox-1. Starting with these 1U Cubesats, AMSAT will build up intellectual property to leverage onto future satellite designs. A requirement for the Fox-1 satellites is an efficient way to maximize power generation from solar cells with a scalable Maximum Power Point Tracker, MPPT. Based on the Fox-2 design originally conceived by the P13271 senior design team at the Rochester Institute of Technology AMSAT has developed a radiation tolerant analog MPPT for use on the Fox-1 satellites. Lessons learned building the Fox-1 MPPT detailed in this document can also be rolled into any future Fox-2 MPPT design.