Power System Diagnostic Engine
Real-Time Power Anomaly Detection and Diagnostic Software
The Power System Diagnostic Engine is real-time anomaly detection and diagnostic software stored on rad-hard NOR flash that consumes 2 W of power. Operating at a 10 Hz update rate, the software fuses voltage, current, and temperature telemetry to detect electrical faults, conduct root-cause analysis, and track predictive maintenance trends across a 100-year operational lifetime with a 500,000-hour mean time between failures. Continuous autonomous diagnostics are essential in the lunar operational environment, where radiation and dust generate unique, compounding fault modes that must be learned over multi-decade deployments and updated via authenticated DTN machine learning models.
Software fusing voltage/current/temp telemetry into power-system diagnostics with anomaly detection and root-cause analysis.
Purpose
Software fusing voltage/current/temp telemetry into power-system diagnostics with anomaly detection and root-cause analysis.
Context
Child of L2-PDM-MON within the Lunar Ark system
Principles
- ▸Real-time anomaly detection (statistical thresholds)
- ▸Root-cause analysis from fault signatures
- ▸Trending for predictive maintenance
- ▸ML augmentation for novel fault detection
- ▸Audit log to L1-DVT
Typical implementations
- ▸Industrial power-quality monitoring (terrestrial)
- ▸Spacecraft fault detection isolation recovery (FDIR)
- ▸NASA cFS health management apps
Lunar considerations
- ▸Long-mission data archive for trend learning
- ▸Lunar-specific fault modes (dust, radiation) learned over time
- ▸ML model updates via authenticated DTN
Specifications
Functional
| primary function | Software fusing voltage/current/temp telemetry into power-system diagnostics with anomaly detection and root-cause analysis. |
| update rate hz | 10 |
Physical
| mass kg | 0 |
| materials | Code on rad-hard NOR flash |
| vacuum compatibility | True |
Operational
| power consumption w | 2 |
| thermal range c | -40, 70 |
| lifetime years | 100 |
| mtbf hours | 500000 |
Interfaces
Provides
- Diagnostic alerts + maintenance recommendations
- Power health summary
Requires
- Sensor telemetry inputs
- Historical archive
Cite this entry
Lunar Ark Codex. "Power System Diagnostic Engine" (L3-PDM-MON-DIAG). Retrieved 10 September 2026, from https://lunarark.com/entry/L3-PDM-MON-DIAG
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