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cFS Tutorial Part 3: Putting messages onto the (Local) Software Bus

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by  David Ferreira, Fourier Automation Preface & Links This is part 3 in a series of tutorials from Fourier Automation on using NASA's core Flight System (cFS), an embedded software framework used in everything from cubesats to NASA's flagship spacecraft. Video accompanying this post: cFS Tutorial 3: All Aboard the cFS Software Bus The entire tutorial series: Fourier Automations cFS Tutorial Playlist NASA training material: Core Flight System (cFS) Training Putting Messages onto the cFS Software Bus A key component of NASA's cFS Framework is the (local) Software Bus or SB. This structure facilitates the publication of messages by a sending application to one or more subscriber applications. On a higher level, cFS also has a Software Bus Network (SBN) which connects various systems running cFS locally. But in this video, we will limit ourselves to learning how place messages onto the local software bus (SB) from our sample application. For a more in-depth understanding u...