Multitasking Programming of OBDH Satellite Based On PC-104

TL;DR

This paper presents a multitasking programming approach for satellite On Board Data Handling (OBDH) systems using a customized Linux OS on PC-104 hardware, improving reliability and data integrity.

Contribution

It introduces a multitasking programming framework for OBDH systems on PC-104, utilizing a tailored Linux OS to enhance programming ease and data safety.

Findings

Multitasking programming reduces data corruption in OBDH.

Customized Linux OS improves reliability and ease of programming.

Implementation on PC-104 hardware demonstrates practical viability.

Abstract

On Board Data Handling (OBDH) has functions to monitor, control, acquire, analyze, take a decision, and execute the command. OBDH should organize the task between sub system. OBDH like a heart which has a vital function. Because the function is seriously important therefore designing and implementing the OBDH should be carefully, in order to have a good reliability. Many OBDHs have been made to support the satellite mission using primitive programming. In handling the data from various input, OBDH should always be available to all sub systems, when the tasks are many, it is not easy to program using primitive programming. Sometimes the data become corrupt because the data which come to the OBDH is in the same time. Therefore it is required to have a way to handle the data safely and also easy in programming perspective. In this research, OBDH is programmed using multi tasking programming perspective has been created. The Operating System (OS) has been implemented so that can run the tasks simultaneously. The OS is prepared by configuring the Linux Kernel for the specific processor, creating Root File System (RFS), installing the BusyBox. In order to do the above method, preparing the environment in our machine has been done, they are installing the Cross Tool Chain, U-Boot, GNU-Linux Kernel Source etc. After that, programming using c code with multitasking programming can be implemented. By using above method, it is found that programming is easier and the corruption data because of reentrancy can be minimized. Keywords- Operating System, PC-104, Kernel, C Programming