AurorEyeASI

see AurorEye.ca

Contact

jeremy@jufaintermedia.com or in this repository as an issue

Terms of Use

Please see LICENSE.md

Warranty

Please see LICENSE.md

Bill of Materials

Please see BOM.md

3D Printable Shell

This repository includes an .3mf file for 3D printing. Preferred material is PETG.

Development projects for students, researchers

Hardware

• Low temperature tolerant LiFePO4 battery pack characterization
• Updates to KiCAD design files for Pi “HAT” circuit board
• Manufacturability considerations (maybe 3D printed internal frame for sensor alignment and support)
• Heat flow/moisture characterization and management (dew point, built-in heaters, condensation prevention for longer periods of deployment)
• 3D printed shell with in-built insulative properties, stackable, modular (in progress now)

Optics and Sensor Characterization

• Optical characterization (lens, camera, distortion and light falloff parameters)
• Image file transforms (Camera internal color and post processing characterization)
• possible calibration with distortion from a weather cover dome

Comms and UI

• Test with satellite or cellular Wifi
• Modify cloud upload for appropriate cloud environment (right now it is google cloud)
• UI development (currently a web app which provides flexibility as well as onboard buttons and display)
• Improvements or characterization of camera communication using established open source library (gPhoto2)

Software/Firmware

• Onboard firmware updates, (branches off of main github repository with new features)
• Post processing tools updates (OpenCV, Python, Davinci Resolve Fusion workflows)
• Archiving, storing, and sharing system website (currently youtube and local backup servers of still image sequences)

Skill areas for students

• Batteries and power electronics
• Temperature management hardware and sensing
• Magnetometers, Accelerometers for alignment
• Python programming
• Cloud API interface
• GitHub software collaboration
• Image processing and characterization using OpenCV or other open tools
• Image recognition/Machine Learning/AI
• 3D CAD/CAM
• Web Application development
• Video editing for outreach
• Field work campaigning and collaboration between multiple instruments
• Fabrication with Aluminum and Plastic
• Electronics assembly, packaging for harsh environments