[Board] HEO/GEO Technical Support Package from ORI

[Michelle Thompson]

Here are the high-level documents about the stand-alone HEO/GEO concept,
Haifuraiya.

https://github.com/OpenResearchInstitute/documents/tree/master/Papers_Articles_Presentations/Slide_Presentations/haifuraiya

There are some meetup and workshop videos there.

High-level overview presentation is here:

https://youtu.be/MTk7kyO7eqw?si=qd1dMyyYsIJ9J3QU



-Michelle Thompson




On Sat, Nov 25, 2023 at 6:42 PM Michelle Thompson <
mountain.michelle at gmail.com> wrote:

> This is a technical support package from Open Research Institute (ORI) for
> AMSAT Canada for consideration in the ESA GEO call for proposals.
> Consideration for other purposes and projects at AMSAT Canada are also
> welcome.
>
> Formal collaboration would be enabled with a memorandum of understanding
> or other appropriate documentation.
>
> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
>
> ORI brochure explains the organization, lists the board of directors, and
> covers the basic vision and areas of expertise. Brochure pdf is attached.
>
> ORI publishes designs as they are created. All work is available through
> GitHub.
>
> https://github.com/OpenResearchInstitute
> https://github.com/Haifuraiya (GEO/HEO payload specific)
>
> We are able to freely publish communications satellite designs because we
> did the United States regulatory work to take full advantage of the public
> domain carve-outs in ITAR and EAR.
>
> All of this regulatory work (and more) is available at:
>
> https://github.com/OpenResearchInstitute/documents/tree/master/Regulatory
>
> Highlights of the technical repositories are a DVB-S2 (downlink) encoder,
> COBS (uplink) decoder, and polyphase (uplink) channelizer in HDL. Current
> HDL block under development is the Opulent Voice uplink demodulator and
> decoder.
>
> Opulent Voice is ORI's high definition voice and data protocol, which
> includes authentication and authorization. It is designed specifically for
> amateur satellite service. An article about Opulent Voice from QEX magazine
> is attached.
>
> Lab resources available include Remote Lab West, a fully remote
> FPGA-centric RF workbench. We use Xilinx parts. We have a zc706 with
> ADRV9009 and a zcu102 with ADRV9002. We have a full floating Vivado license
> free for open source amateur radio work. We have a full MATLAB/Simulink
> license with all toolboxes free for open source amateur radio work. These
> tools, along with Petalinux, are hosted on the Remote Labs computer, which
> runs virtual machines on an Unraid server.
>
> Remote Labs are described in detail in the Readme at:
>
> https://github.com/OpenResearchInstitute/documents/tree/master/Remote_Labs
>
>
> The Readme includes a link to a video presentation about the labs, which
> has the following test equipment:
>
>
> https://github.com/OpenResearchInstitute/documents/tree/master/Remote_Labs/Test_Equipment
>
> Daily engineering is on ORI's Slack account.
>
> https://openresearchinstitute.slack.com
>
> Meetings at ORI are usually virtually, are almost always recorded, and are
> uploaded to ORI's YouTube. The account also has presentations,
> symposium and forum talks, technical advisory committee work, and more.
>
> https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMog2ftoC7zfXbvi5ztUK4w
>
> ORI has a Code of Conduct and Developer and Participant Policies, which
> are enforced. We are committed to ethical organizational behavior.
>
> If you find our work described in this support package useful, we would
> like to be part of the ESA proposal and help build modern and innovative
> amateur satellite equipment for international use.
>
> -Michelle Thompson
> +1 858 229 3399
>
>
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