
Pumpkin Motherboard Module (MBM)
Pumpkin Space Systems
The Motherboard Module 2 (MBM 2) is part of the CubeSat Kit nanosatellite architecture and is Pumpkin's standard flight computer in the SUPERNOVA spacecraft product line. The MBM 2 host the BeagleBone Black (BBB) as a single CSK compatible module. The MBM 2 w/ BBB fully supports 4.5x UART, an I2C bus, 6x GPIO, USB host, USB device and 10/100Ethernet communications. Also supported are RS-422 + LVTTL SPI/UART/GPIO PHY for transceiver interfaces.
When installed onto an MBM 2, the BBB interfaces to the CSK electrical bus via standardized signals. Additional features like a Real-Time Clock (RTC) with battery backup and a full-size SD Card operating in SPI mode are also provided. Four and a half UARTs (two with -CTS/-RTS flow control), one SPI, one I2C, five general-purpose outputs and one general-purpose input are mapped between the BBB and the CSK bus connector. Additionally, seven dedicated analog inputs are mapped from the CSK bus connector to the BBB’s analog inputs.
Parameter | Value |
---|---|
Interface | RS422 |
Interface | I/O pins |
Interface | I2C |
Interface | UART |
Interface | PC/104 |
Interface | MMC/SD-Card |
Required | BeagleBone Black module |
Interface | USB |
Interface | Ethernet |
Capability | RTC |
Type | Flight Hardware |
Mass | 31 g |
The Motherboard Module 2 (MBM 2) is part of the CubeSat Kit nanosatellite architecture and is Pumpkin's standard flight computer in the SUPERNOVA spacecraft product line. The MBM 2 host the BeagleBone Black (BBB) as a single CSK compatible module. The MBM 2 w/ BBB fully supports 4.5x UART, an I2C bus, 6x GPIO, USB host, USB device and 10/100Ethernet communications. Also supported are RS-422 + LVTTL SPI/UART/GPIO PHY for transceiver interfaces.
When installed onto an MBM 2, the BBB interfaces to the CSK electrical bus via standardized signals. Additional features like a Real-Time Clock (RTC) with battery backup and a full-size SD Card operating in SPI mode are also provided. Four and a half UARTs (two with -CTS/-RTS flow control), one SPI, one I2C, five general-purpose outputs and one general-purpose input are mapped between the BBB and the CSK bus connector. Additionally, seven dedicated analog inputs are mapped from the CSK bus connector to the BBB’s analog inputs.