README.txt
Solar Panel Simulator (SPS) for CubeSat testing

If you use any of this work, we ask that you cite the following individuals and provide a 
link to this repository:
Gustav M. Pettersson
Malte Gruber
Theodor-Adrian Stana
Sven Grahn
Christer Fuglesang
<https://github.com/gustavmpettersson/Solar-Panel-Simulator/>

This project is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; 
without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. 
This should be considered EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH technology and appropriate care should be 
taken. We will NOT be responsible for ANY related DAMAGES or ISSUES.

This work is Open Source Software and Hardware. See the two included <LICENSE.txt> files 
for details. The software is Copyright 2018 Gustav Pettersson, and released under the GNU 
General Public License. The hardware is Copyright 2018 Gustav Pettersson and Malte Gruber, 
and released under the CERN Open Hardware Licence.

In the root of this repository is a preprint of an article on the SPS submitted to Acta
Astronautica. It contains a lot of (hopefully) useful information on the system.

This system was designed by people working on the MIST and SEAM projects at the KTH Royal 
Institute of Technology.

We invite discussion, collaboration and help with implementing the system. Please contact 
us at <gupet@kth.se> or <gustavpettersson@live.com>.



HERE TO USE THE SPS? START BY READING <Introduction to the SPS>.

HERE TO BUILD THE SPS? HEAD INTO THE HARDWARE FOLDER FOR NECCESSARY FILES. THEN GO TO THE
<Building and Calibrating> FOLDER AND READ <Building Testing and Calibrating the SPS>.