Payload Flight Software for Argus

This repository contains the Argus Payload Flight Software for the Jetson Orin Nano (8GB) and its custom carrier board. Argus is a technology demonstration mission focused on vision-based orbit determination.

Install instructions

• CUDA
• TensorRT
• spdlog - Logging library
• OpenCV - Computer vision library
• Eigen3 - Linear algebra Library
• GTest - testing framework
• TODO

sudo chmod +x install_deps.sh build.sh run.sh 
./install_deps.sh

Build instructions

Give permissions to both scripts

sudo chmod +x build.sh run.sh 

Setting up the Environment

To compile using CMake, build the project using the helper script:

./build.sh [Debug|Release] [disable-nn]
./bin/PAYLOAD [optional: <communication-interface: [UART, CLI]>]

All binaries will appear in the bin folder.

Configuration

The configuration file is located at config/config.toml. Update this file to modify system parameters.

Local interaction with the FSW

As a functional debugging tool, the Payload can be run and controlled locally through a command-line interface, either through the compiled one or the python interface (perfect replica). First, run the main process in CLI mode:

./bin/PAYLOAD [optional: <communication-interface: [UART, CLI]>] // default to UART 

In another terminal, launch either the compiled CLI or its python equivalent (perfect replica):

./bin/CLI_CMD
or
python python/cli_cmd.py

Under the hood, both processes communicates through 2 distinct named pipes (FIFO).

Command-based paradigm

The Payload communicates through its host machine via UART (transition from SPI in progress) with a set of predefined commands available at TODO (internal README).