Methods and apparatus to control satellite equipment

An apparatus comprising:

• a low dropout regulator (LDO) pass transistor to be coupled to an antenna configured to generate a current signal based on a communication signal having a periodic waveform received from the antenna;
• a current envelope detector coupled to the LDO pass transistor configured to generate a binary signal representative of the periodic waveform of the communication signal based on the current signal;
• and
• a processor coupled to the current envelope detector configured to process the binary signal generated by the current envelope detector.

A method comprising:

• distributing a communication signal having a periodic waveform representative of communication from an antenna;
• sensing a current signal on a low dropout regulator (LDO) pass transistor correlated to the periodic waveform of the communication signal;
• converting the current signal to a binary signal based on a threshold;
• and
• processing the binary signal to determine content of the communication distributed by the antenna.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when implemented, cause a machine to at least:

• distribute a communication signal having a periodic waveform representative of communication from an antenna;
• sense a current signal on a low dropout regulator (LDO) pass transistor correlated to the periodic waveform of the communication signal;
• convert the current signal to a binary signal based on a threshold;
• and
• process the binary signal to determine content of the communication distributed by the antenna.