Marscolonization Sensor System for Soil Analysis

Abstract

This paper discusses a modular open source electronic soil analysis system embedded in a remote vehicle designed for use on a colonizationeffort Mars rover. The embedded system consists of a soil extraction drill sheath, a temperature and moisture array sensor sheath, a sample return bay specialized for RamanFluorescence spectrometry, and an Ethernet bridge radio for communication, all controlled through several microcontroller boards. A Windowsbased graphical engagement application provides real time control. A Linuxbased scripting application provides postprocessing, graphing, and statistical analysis. All software and electrical hardware has been made opensource for the public to build upon.

Department(s)

Electrical and Computer Engineering

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

0884-5123

Document Type

Article - Conference proceedings

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Citation

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text

Language(s)

English

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© 2024 International Foundation for Telemetering, All rights reserved.

Publication Date

01 Jan 2016

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