The F.O.R.G.E. (Future-mission Oxygen Resource Generation Equipment) is an In-Situ Resource Utilisation unit intended to deploy a G.I.M.L.I. (Gathering Instrument for Martian and Lunar Ice) rover from a lander, accept unfiltered ice deposits and process them into oxygen for use in further planetary missions.
Primary ISRU control is achieved via Raspberry Pi 4. This receives commands over WiFi and either sends simple command number (#0 - 32) to an Arduino for analogue sensor/actuator instrumentation or act as relay to pass messages to the exploring rover.
Arduino_Overview.ino: Setup initialises comms by echoing "hello!" over Serial port. Once connection has been established, wait for a command number and execute in loop. Interrupt function connected to a push button acts a an emergency stop to halt dangerous functions like melting and electrolysis until manually re-started.
- Handle camera feeds efficiently
- Movement tracking
- Communications from GS
- Relay to Rover