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Utah State University DigitalCommons@USU Presentations Materials Physics Spring 4-2-2012 The Effect of Space Environment on Wireless Communication Devices' Performance Landon Hillyard Utah State University JR Dennison Utah State University Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/mp_presentations  Part of the Physics Commons Recommended Citation Hillyard, Landon and Dennison, JR, "The Effect of Space Environment on Wireless Communication Devices' Performance" (2012). Utah State University Student Showcase. Presentations. Paper 60. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/mp_presentations/60 This Presentation is brought to you for free and open access by the Materials Physics at DigitalCommons@USU. It has been accepted for inclusion in Presentations by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@USU. For more information, please contact digitalcommons@usu.edu.    2012 USU Student Showcase  The Effect of Space Environment on  Wireless Communication Devices' Performance   Landon Hillyard 1 [Mentor: JR Dennison2]   1Get-Away-Special Team    2Materials Physics Group Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering    Physics Department Utah State University     Utah State University   Abstract   This project evaluates the effects of the space environment on small radio hardware devices called Bluetooth (a proprietary open wireless technology standard for exchanging data over short distances) chips (hoovers). When electronics are exposed to the harsh environment outside the Earth's atmosphere, they sometimes do not perform as expected. The USU Getaway Away Special (GAS) team is now in the design stages of launching a CubeSat (a 10 cm cubed autonomous satellite to fly in Low Earth Orbit). In order to conduct experiments proposed for the USU GAS Cubesat, Bluetooth wireless communication will  be used. By testing commercially available hardware in appropriate custom configurations, the reliability and quality of the CubeSat experiments will be greatly improved. The project funding will purchase enough Bluetooth hardware chips to test survivability when exposed to 100-1000 rads,  a temperature range from -20°C to 100°C, and a pressure of 10-5 Torr  to 103 Torr.    

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