🍍 Updates this week!
PCB Assembly for Onsite Members
ZP3 Primary: Need to clean up MCUs on primary boards that were recently assembled
ZP3 Interface: Eventually need to assemble more interfaces for these primarys
Admin
Altium 365 is in view-only mode because our license expired, but guess what? We’re getting it back! Bethany from Altium has replied to our email and will be processing our request and we will be receiving a code for another 1-year license soon
I have requested 30 licenses again (same as we did last year). Wasn’t sure whether I should have asked for more but I didn’t want to risk us not getting the renewal
Active PCB Projects
High Current Power Module (Zen)
Decided to use shunt resistor for current sensing (pros & cons outlined on confluence)
Created block diagram (also on confluence) - open to feedback High Current Power Module
Next step is component selection, will start with buck converters
12S ESC (Ethan, Chris)
Research has begun
Deadlines & milestones created in Asana
Made block diagrams.
Had discussions on the block diagram and divided up the work.
Chris: 5v buck and LDO.
Zen: 12v buck and ina228.
6S ESC (Mena, Rayyan)
Deadlines and milestones in Asana
Meeting on Sunday to finalize our block diagram.
Will need to schedule meeting with leads afterwards for feedback on the diagram.
LED Controller (Bennett)
Waiting for discussion with Ethan
ELRS Gemini (Michael, Farris)
More research done, looking into ESP32-pico-d4 for microcontroller and SX1280 for radio transceiver and amplifier.
Put down many bluetooth options in confluence, looking into STM options for micro
PDB (Tom, Matthew)
No updates this week
Tracking Antenna (Nolan, Hardy)
Block diagram almost complete
Tracking antenna sync meeting pending
Discussing viability of board and whether we can make custom solution with what we already have.
12S Servo Module (Stanley, Michael, Rayyan)
Blocked by altium 365 down
No updates, looking into PCB layout
Michael will give Stanley video references for routing and PCB design
Bootcamper Progress Updates
Parker