Glossary of Terms Used

CAN

Control Area Network. A message bus for embedded systems.

CANopen

A communication protocol and device profile specification for a CAN bus defined by CAN in Automation. More info at https://can-cia.org/

CubeSat

A small satellite is made up of multiples of 10cm × 10cm × 10cm cubic units.

Node

A device on a CANopen network.

Node ID

A unquie ID for a device on a CANopen Network. Defined as a uint8 with values from 0x01 to 0x7F.

OD

Object Dictionary. The main data structure of a CANopen node.

OreSat

PSAS’s open source CubeSat. See https://www.oresat.org/

PSAS

Portland State Aerosapce Society. A student aerospace group at Portland State University. See https://www.pdxaerospace.org/