Summary
Review of 2024-05-07 EE Architecture
What are we working on right now?
What projects before comp?
What projects after comp?
What kind of support is needed?
See below run down of all project
What kind of support is needed?
Harnessing
we don’t know how to advertise this
ee leads add more thoughts here?
Projects
todo
on routing right now
design, test, etc.
use case
all future vehicles
why
for reducing the number of power supplies we have on the drone right now
simplify all the power harnessing we have
who
Ishman
when
Spring 2024 → design
Fall 2024 → bringup, flight test end of term
Next Gen PDB (Spring 2024, Fall 2024)
todo
new pdb
why
replace off the shelf
use case
pegasus size
timeline
no efs lift
high risk
never
Smoke Stoppers
todo
cheaper than COTS efuse board
use case
ground validation
why
who
timeline
no efs lift
deprioritize for now
Sensor Cluster (Spring 2024, Fall 2024)
todo
design board with sensors and a CAN node
use case
future vehicles
want for competition
why
CAN node for minimal harnessing connection of a lot of sensors to the FC
we commonly use these sensors
who
michael botros
timeline
Spring 2024 → design
Fall 2024 → test, bringup
ESC CAN Adapter (Spring 2024, Fall 2024)
todo
design
use case
future vehicles
why
CAN node for minimal harnessing connection to the FC
we need to space out ESCs on larger aircrafts
who
Meghan Dang
timeline
this term
ELRS Gemini Next rev todo
todo
add buck input stage
make the board smaller
use case
for competition
why
improved rf link quality
doesn't exist commercially
who
pending assignment
running out of people
low priority, odes nothing for EFS
timeline
Spring 2024 → design
Fall 2024 → bringup
todo
assemble and use
use case
for realism points for competition and cool ig posts
pegasus
future vehicles
who
Parker
timeline
rush before competition
reasses new features
ZeroPilot 3.0 Hardware (ZP3HW)
todo
assemble flight interface board (just assembly)
fix oscillator on primary (do not redo design)
use case
for EFS M2 and beyond ZPSW objectives
never be competition viable
who
unassigned
timeline
save for fall 2024
Tracking Antenna (Bring up S24)
why
for reducing harness count on the antenna head
todo
combine nathan’s and Michael’s board?
best of both worlds
needs way to send mavlink wireless
needs compass on pcb
cheaper arduino
fix led (remove LL shifter, use FET or diode)
possible power electronics
use case
comp
timeline
low priority
todo
assemble and test
Bring up and Validation S24
add CAN support: Servo Module Improvements
use case
future plane or vtol
why
for spacing out servos
minimizing wire complexity on upcoming airframes
more stable power to far away servos
who
unknown
timeline
we should make this high priority for VTOL
todo
design
test
make smaller
some efs stuff?
use case
all future vehicles
why
improved rf link over gemini
who
Nolan Haines
timeline
design end of term
GPS CAN Adapter (S24, F24)
todo
make GPS’s work with CAN
we could buy gps ones that support it
are we capable of doing this sub 20 bucks per board
5 per PCB, 7 per micro, 4 can transciever, 2 ldo
big EFS lift
use case
all future vehicles
why
allows us to space them more without SI concerns
busability
who
New bootcamper (Omar)
timeline
S24 design
todo
make video system sit on one panel
osd, vtx, mux, possible power supply, just house connectors
all one board
use case
all future vehicles
competition air vehicles
why
improves packaging
reduces harnesses
reduces emi problems
save space
timeline
Spring 2025 start
lower priorty bc no efs
who
unknown
24V-12V @ 2A Buck Converter Board
todo
none
use case
for ground validation
unlikely to be competition viable
why
fun
12V-5V @ 3A Buck Converter Board
todo
use case
for ground validation
unlikely to be competition viable
why
fun
who
Meghan Dang
timeline
this term
High Current Power Module (Done, Spring 2024)
todo
bringup
test
test at flight test
use case
maybe viable for competition
needs to offer some improvement on COTS to be viable
validate and test our copy of the COTs for now
plan for the future here, we need to think of exactly what functionality we want and what’s achievable.
why
fun
might beat COTS (prove plz)
timeline
unknown
Zeropilot 4.0 Hardware (ZP4HW)
todo
design
use case
future competition vehicles
why
for some integration improvement in the future
timeline
unknown way far out
todo
unknown
why
for fun
never be competition viable
timeline
none
5V USB - 24V @0.25A Boost Converter
use case
for ground validation
who
assigned
timeline
fall 2024 finish, very unknown
4S2P Higher Current Output PDB Board
use case
for future vehicles i guess but we dont have any vehicles of this size planned
who
Tom
timeline
unknown
why
never be competition viable
for fun
timeline
never
use case
houston
why
never be competition viable
for fun
who
assigned
timeline
low priority, could deprioritized
no progress recently
lots of integration overhead
who
would need to have someone ambitious, shouldnt be pursued for now
timeline
never no resources