Key highlights

PowerDrive is an electrical power supply (EPS) designed for use in 2U to 16 U cubesats. The system integrates solar power conditioning and power distribution into a compact PC104 compliant aluminium enclosure. There are 3 independent MPPT enabled channels for solar power collection that support 4 solar panel inputs. There are 6 independent DC-DC converters which can be configured for different output levels, depending on the bus and payload requirements. There are 10 output connectors for sub-system power and 6 outputs for deployment systems in addition to the PC104 header. A low power STM32 microcontroller controls the system inputs, outputs, batteries, and provides telemetry
through isolated CAN and RS485 interfaces. The built-in hardware watchdog ensures reliability during long-duration missions. PowerDrive can be connected to up to 6 PowerBank-50 battery packs, for a total energy storage capacity of over 300 Wh.

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Last updated: 2026-04-01

PowerDrive - EPS for CubeSats

list price: starts at 5,000 USD

lead time: > 4 wk

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Technical specs

mass
300 g
output voltage
3.3 to 24 V
input voltage
6 to 35 V
operating temperature
-40 to 85 C
connector type
Molex® Pico-Lock
PC104
data interface
RS485
CAN
processor type
Single Core 32-bit Arm Cortex-M33 MCU

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