POWER MANAGEMENT Busek has been actively developing and delivering power management systems, including compact power processing units and spacecraft power management and distribution systems. Power Processing Units (PPUs) Busek has designed, developed, and delivered PPUs for R&D, laboratory support, and flight programs.  Contact Busek Co, Inc  |   11 Tech Circle, Natick, MA 01760   |  508.655.5565 Home  |  Contact Space Plasma Charcterization Source (payload, FalconSat-5) BPU-600 includes the following • digital control interface unit • main discharge converter • housekeeping electronics • magnetic field generator • valve converter • cathode supply Power Management and Distribution (PMAD) Subsystems Busek has been developing a complete suite of power management and distribution electronics  for small to mid-size spacecraft, including, but not limited to, the following:  • battery charge regulation • custom dc / dc conversion • solar array management • bus Voltage regulation • digital / analog interface Products & Services Disturbance Reduction System (payload, Lisa Pathfinder) Four PPUs, each dedicated to a separate thruster, provide required Voltages necessary to operate each thruster.  Eight were delivered in all.  Four PPUs are commanded by a single DRS DCIU.  Each PPU includes the following • custom high and low voltage converters converters, isolated up to 10kV • signal conditioning for telemetry/command MPACS (payload, FalconSat-3) The MPACS high voltage charging and trigger  electronics operate each 3-axis micro-pulsed  plasma thruster.  These units include signal  conditioning electronics, filtered into the onboard  Busek MPACS DCIU.  Home  >>  Products & Services  >>  Power Management Electronics Home  | Download Flight Programs Brochure FalconSat-3 Press Release TacSat-2 Press Release