ARTSAT

MORIKAWA

-Arduino Compatible On-Board Computer

“MORIKAWA” is a Arduino compatible on-board computer developed by ARTSAT team. It was integrated in High Altitude Balloon (JAXA), INVADER (CO-77), and DESPATCH (FO-81).
MORIKAWA allows flexible space mission. Arduino API-based SDK provides easy programming.
MORIKAWA operated in High-Altitude Atomosphere, Low-Earth Orbit, and DeepSpace. All mission complete successfully.
Software Design: Junshi Horiguchi, Ron Hashimoto
Hardware Design: Kent Nakazawa
Morikawa Board Morikawa_FM

Specification:

MCU: ATmega2560
Input: CMOS Camera, Satellite HK Data
Output: Audio Tone Signal, Speech synthesis
Storage: 1MB Flash, 128kB FRAM, 512kB EEPROM (Shared with Satellite OBC)
Application: Camera, Digitalker, ELIZA bot, Virtual Machine (for Reprogramming)

Mission Result:

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INVADER’s first shot (Original size: 160 x 120 pixel)

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Downlinked signal

BOT_decode

ELIZA bot Reply from Space!

Link

Morikawa in Detail (in Japanese)