104-pin Bus Reversing Adapter

The 104-pin Bus Reversing Adapter is development hardware (not for space use), very useful when developing, testing and debugging certain CubeSat Kit-compatible modules. It is typically used in a development environment with, e.g., the CubeSat Kit Development Board or Development Board 2.

The Bus Reversing Adapter allows a CubeSat Kit-compatible module to be installed upside-down while connected to the 104-pin CubeSat bus. Because of how CubeSat Kit-compatible modules stack on top of one another using the PC/104 interconnect method, this is especially useful in two scenarios: for CubeSat Kit-compatible modules that have non-stackthrough connectors and lack male pins (these can only be the first/lowermost module in a stack and cannot be plugged into a Dev Board or equivalent), and for debugging and measurement access to the underside of a CubeSat Kit-compatible module while it is connected to the 104-pin CubeSat bus.

The Bus Reversing Adapter is plugged into the 104-pin CubeSat bus connector like any other standard CubeSat Kit-compatible module, with stackthrough connectors on the right side. The CubeSat Kit-compatible module under test (MUT) is flipped upside-down and plugged into the Bus Reversing Adapter using the 104-pin header on the left side. All 104 pins are passed through from one 104-pin header to the other on the Bus Reversing Adapter. A set of plastic 3D-printed brackets and fasteners are included to secure the reversed module at the correct height relative to the Bus Reversing Adapter, and to secure the Bus Reversing Adapter to the module below it.

Includes the 104-pin Bus Reversing Adapter, 3D-printed plastic support arms, and miscellaneous M3 fasteners. Compatible with all CubeSat Kit-compatible modules that follow the CubeSat Kit 104-pin connector pinout.