Parts and Cost of Design

 

The following table summarizes the parts used in each link of our design. It includes links to the part’s specifications. The table also displays cost of each device and the number of devices needed. A redundancy of 1 means two parts will be ordered.

 

Rover Tx to Landing Station

Description

Part Number

Redundancy

Unit Cost ($)

Cost ($)

Turbo Coder

TC1000

0

15,000.00

15,000.00

I/Q Modulator

SDM0502LC1MD

1

1,375.00

2,750.00

Power Amplifier

AMF-2D-00500200-60-30P

1

995.00

1,990.00

Antenna

USM1000D

1

905.00

1,810.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Landing Station Transponder

Description

Part Number

Redundancy

Unit Cost ($)

Cost ($)

Antenna

USM1000D

1

905.00

1,810.00

LNA

AMF-6F-00100400-10-10P

1

1,700.00

3,400.00

BPF

AL758B584

1

155.00

310.00

Mixer 1

CSM5T

1

67.30

134.60

Oscillator 1

MW500-1408

1

47.00

94.00

Mixer 2

M50A

1

333.90

667.80

Oscillator 2

MW500-1219

1

89.00

178.00

BPF

AB5835B586

1

120.00

240.00

LPA

AFS4-06001200-60-22P-4

1

1,800.00

3,600.00

HPA

AMF-6B-06001800-120-40P

1

12,000.00

24,000.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rover to Earth Link

Description

Part Number

Redundancy

Unit Cost ($)

Cost ($)

I/Q Modulator

BMA0618LA1MD

1

1,400.00

2,800.00

Power Amplifier

AMF-5D-02001200-40-25P

1

6,500.00

13,000.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Earth to Rover Link

Description

Part Number

Redundancy

Unit Cost ($)

Cost ($)

LNA

AMF-4F-05001500-17-10P

1

1,780.00

3,560.00

BPF

AB9100B674

1

137.00

274.00

Mixer 1

M88H

1

265

530.00

Oscillator 1

MW500-1273

1

47

94.00

Mixer 2

M2G

1

292.00

584.00

Oscillator 2

MW500-1456

1

47.00

94.00

I/Q Demodulator

MA4IQP190H-1291T

1

1,340.00

2,680.00

LPF

AL0.6L212

1

110.00

220.00

LPF

AL0.6L212

1

110.00

220.00

 

 

 

Total Cost ($)

80,040.40

 

To obtain the prices of these devices, quotes had to be requested from the manufacturers. These can be found here, here, here, here, and here.

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