An Open Source Bus System for Academic Satellites
Everything you need to build a satellite
The BIRDSOpenSource release is a comprehensive open source guide for designing, building, testing, and launching a small satellite. Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced developer, our resources are structured to assist you at every stage of the satellite development process.
Here’s what you can expect:
- Introduction to the BIRDS bus and other core components
- How to get started
- Deep dives on technical topics
Getting Started New to BIRDS? Check out the getting started guides. They contain an introduction to the BIRDS bus’ main concepts and links to additional tutorials. go to getting started guides
Hardware Guide The user hardware guide provides in-depth information on the key concepts of the physical components in the BIRDS bus with useful background information and explanation.
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Software Guide The user software guide provides in-depth information on the key concepts of the BIRDS bus software with useful background information and explanation. to the user software guide
Contributor’s Guide Saw a typo in the documentation? Want to improve existing functionalities? The contributing guidelines will guide you through the process of improving BIRDSOpenSource. to the contributor's guide
Project Details What’s new in the latest release, changelog, and other project details. to the project details