Gen 1: CubeWheel Small
$5170
CubeWheel is a family of reliable and easy-to-integrate satellite reaction wheel that comes in small, small+, medium, and large sizes. It includes a highly balanced flywheel disc, a brushless electrical motor, an electronic driver, and a microcontroller circuit. The wheels can be given a speed reference command through I2C, UART, or CAN.
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Lead time: 12 weeks
Description
Easy Interfaces
- Each wheel is mountable on its small or large face, enabling the option to mount the wheel in all axes of your satellite.
- CubeWheel can operate at a wide range of voltages between 6.5V and 16V.
Modular Design
- Four available sizes meet the typical CubeSat ADCS needs ranging from 2 CubeSat up to a 20kg satellite.
- CubeWheels are designed modular, with shared electronics design between all sizes of its wheels.
Reliable Package
- Each reaction wheel is individually balanced to reduce vibration.
- All wheels provide a durable and reliable mounting interface under vibration.
- Comes with all driving and interfacing electronics integrated into a complete package.
Features:
- Low power – less than 142Mw average power
- Wide FOV lens – 99% sky coverage
- Low mass – less than 60g
- Simple design with 4 mounting holes
Technical Specifications
| Performance | |
| Speed Range [RPM] | ±8000 |
| Max Momentum [mNms] | 1.77 |
| Max Torque [mNm] | 0.23 |
| Static Imbalance [g-cm] | <0.003 |
| Dynamic Imbalance [g-cm²] | <0.005 |
| Physical | |
| Mass [g] | 60 |
| Dimensions [mm] | 28x28x26.2 |
| Operating Temperature [°C] | -10 to 60 |
| Power & Data | |
| Supply Voltage | 3.3V & 6.4 – 16V |
| Average Power [mW] | 150 |
| Peak Power [mW] | 0.65 |
| Communications | I2C/UART/CAN |
| Qualification | |
| Vibrations | 14 |
| Radiation | 24kRad |
