Satellite > Payload > Satellite Camera > piCAM - Digital CubeSat Camera
Summary
The SkyFox Labs piCAM is a Space-Friendly™ Digital CubeSat Camera designed to provide colorful imaging in JPEG format and VGA resolution aboard small satellites with external flashlight control signal. The unit enables a possibility to trigger signal for external LED-based flashlight to illuminate nearby objects of interest in dark orbital periods, such as solar sails, booms, deployable structures, tethers, etc.
The camera can be configured with various optics. By default the optics with 76° FOV with IR-cut filter is attached and fixed, set to focus on infinity.
The camera is manufactured in two grades to satisfy both Engineering and Flight model requirements. Models (/EM, /FM) are electrically identical, however their chemical and mechanical properties allows it to be used in laboratory or space, respectively.
OPTIONS
The piCAM - Digital CubeSat Camera is available as:
Flight model
Engineering model
Evaluation Kit
Applications
- Small Satellites, CubeSats, Pico- Nano- Micro- Sats
- Low res Space Imaging
- Civil Scientific High Altitude Balloons
- Educational Imaging
- Educational Weather Monitoring from Space
Key features
The features of the flight model of the product are as follows,
- VGA resolution, JPEG data output in ASCII HEX format
- 6 pin Molex Connector
- 1k2, 2k4, 9k6, 19k2, 38k4, 57k6, 115k2 (Default), 230k4, 460k8 and 921k6 selectable Serial Bitrate
- Automatic Shutter, Day/Night sensitivity settings
- Captures Image within 5 seconds
- 4x M2.5 mounting holes for easy integration
- Factory pre-focused and fixed on: Infinity (Default)
- Wide field, Narrow field (Default) and Fish eye optics available
- IR Cut Filter with TRL-9
- 1+ Year In-Orbit Performance with 0 bad pixels
- EMI and ESD Control
- Power and Housekeeping Telemetry Engine
- MOSFET-Free Power Management
The features of the engineering model of the product are as follows,
- Suitable for development purposes
- VGA resolution, JPEG data output in ASCII HEX format
- 6 pin Molex Connector
- 1k2, 2k4, 9k6, 19k2, 38k4, 57k6, 115k2 (Default), 230k4, 460k8 and 921k6 selectable Serial Bitrate
- Automatic Shutter, Day/Night sensitivity settings
- Captures Image within 5 seconds
- 4x M2.5 mounting holes for easy integration
- Factory pre-focused and fixed on: Infinity (Default)
- Wide field, Narrow field (Default) and Fish eye optics available
- IR Cut Filter with TRL-9
- Power and Housekeeping Telemetry Engine
- MOSFET-Free Power Management
The features of the evaluation kit of the product are as follows,
- piCAM Evaluation Board with TXD, RXD indicating LEDs
- Integrated 3x Wide Angle White LED Flash with Driver for external scene illumination
- Test pins ready for Oscilloscope Probe hooks
- 200 mm long, 6-wire harness with Molex and 2.54 mm connectors, Engineering Model, for interconnection of the piCAM Camera Unit and the Evaluation Kit
- Camera Stand and aperture demonstrator
- 4x M3 Polyimide standoffs for the Eval Kit PCB
- 4x M2.5 Polyimide standoffs for piCAM unit secure mounting
- Header for the external USB-to-TTL serial cable connector (3.3 LVCMOS USB-to-Serial FTDI cable included)
- Evaluation Demo Software for Windows
- Power-ON (Bus + Core) logic switch demonstrator
- 1x6 Female Header connector for the piCAM harness included
- Powered and operated directly from USB port i.e. from portable PC
- 1x Zeiss 30x40 cm Microfibre Cloth for optics cleaning before flight
Export control
- Dual Use Goods: Yes
- HS Code for FM and EM models: 8525.803000
- HS Code for EK models: 8473.3020
- Country of origin: Czech Republic
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Last updated: 2024-02-05
Specs
116 deg (with optional optics)
170 deg (with optional optics)
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