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Electrical:

Embedded Flight Software:

Autonomy:

Operations:

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Agenda

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Power System

Action items / blockers:

  • EE: Check all XT90 connectors and replace as needed by Saturday, some have cut heatshrink.

Updates:

  • < Decision documentation >

Mech

Electrical

EFS

Perception

Action items / blockers:

Updates:

  • < Decision Documentation >

Mech

Electrical

EFS

Autonomy

Video System

Action items / blockers:

Updates:

Mech

New camera mount

  • The new camera mount has fixed the vibration issues in the video.

  • Downwards camera has been replaced, the green artifact is gone.

Electrical

Caps added, noise issues fixed

  • Caps were added to the OSD and the mux which has fixed our video noise issues. The lines in the video are gone and the OSD no longer flickers, even at full throttle.

EFS

Autonomy

Avionics

Action items / blockers:

  • Upload new Magfit params generated last weekend to the drone before Saturday the 18th.

    View file
    nameMAGFit_2024-05-14.param

  • Take a full parameter backup after uploading Magfit params.

Updates:

Mech

Electrical

EFS

Autonomy

Airframe - General

Action items / blockers:

  • Pegasus 2? I don’t think it is in a state where it will be comp ready -Nathan

  • Lighting needs to be installed and working by Saturday or it will not be run at comp. (Mech/EE)

  • Reapir landing gear

Updates:

  • < Decision Documentation >

Mech

Electrical

EFS

4 LEDs flashed

  • 4 LEDs (boards 1, 2, 4, 5) were successfully flashed with firmware to cycle through states of lighting up the navigation, beacon, and anti-collision lights. Current firmware sets these colours to a fixed position, lighting them on and off when needed.

  • Encountered issues trying to modify the firmware to keep all LEDs on at all times (to maximize brightness); light pattern seems to break after ~5 seconds of being powered. Currently being tested on board 5.

Autonomy

Tracking Antenna - General

Action items / blockers:

  • Add spacer so that the pitch axis can be used.

  • Implement method in software so that the tracker knows its starting bearing.

  • Remove debug code that requires a serial monitor connection to run antenna tracker.

Updates:

  • Tracking antenna yaw axis was tested and working at the flight test last Sunday.

Mech

Electrical

EFS

North Bearing

The calibration to the magnetometer seems really doable, we could also add tile compensation so the compass will still be correct if the tower is not leveled.

Encountered some soft/hard iron calibration issues today, when trying to rotate the tracking antenna for 360, the calibration progress struggles to go up. This is the only piece that we need to make this work. Roni is trying to figure out why.

Tho the mag is really close to work, it is still having about 30 degrees offsite caused by an unknown environmental factor? Will do manual calibration as backup for sure.

Autonomy

Pathing

Done

  • Tested on Real Flight simulator today

    • No issues were found in competition takeoff waypoint

    • Found an issue in competition lap waypoints

    • No issues were found in WRESTRC takeoff or lap waypoints

TODO

  • Test on Real Flight simulator with wind on

  • Fix issue with competition lap waypoints

  • Write up documentation for code

Summary of Issues Found

  • Competition lap waypoints

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  • Proposed solution is to get ride of waypoint in the middle of the lap turn

  • WRESTRC waypoints already do this

  • WRESTRC waypoints

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General Updates

  • We leave for comp in just over one week.

  • Autonomy lap timing script must be tested in realflight with wind and gusts before Saturday, or it will not be used at comp.

  • Need to determine how the antenna tracker and the autonomy timing script can work at the same time, this must be implemented by Saturday or we are going to hard-code a number of laps.

Flight test schedule

  • Saturday May 18th, last flight test before comp.

  • We need to be at this flight test with our final comp configuration. The antenna tracker must be working and finalized by Saturday. If something is not run/not working at this flight test it will be scrapped for comp.

Questions