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Kevin Li

Daniel Puratich (Unlicensed)

  • Did equipment sourcing document so we can get equipment ordered.

  • Taking on some more business sponsorship stuff

  • Starting PCB documentation!

Kiran Surendran

  • N/A

Jason Skells

  • Continuing to work on the PCB layout

  • Need to get PCB layout done and reviewed

  • Make sure parts are in stock and put in an order

Muhammad Tanveer

Darwin Clark

  • N/A

  • FWTraining Assembly (question)

  • Other Project (question)

Seungmin Hong

  • Decided on 4s monitor to to supply constraints

  • Source components

  • Finish MC wiring on schematic

Ethan Abraham

  • Analyze setup, procedure, and results of 4s-5V Buck Converter from Aug 2

  • Gain access to current projects to analyze example structures of different parts of the power distribution system

Jatin Mehta

  • Went through more of the BLDC Motor Section

  • Get working on a project

Kevin Song

  • Went through batteries section of EE knowledge base

  • Get working on a project

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Power Distribution

  • DEMB resistor (10k)

  • Output bulk capacitor

  • Through hole or SMD pads for battery, ESC, 5V load connectors

  • Condense placement of passive components along LM25116 IC

  • Simplify power polygons

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Flight Controller

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Motor Controller

  • Input capacitors

  • Gate driver (read the datasheet)

  • Current sense

  • BEMF sense

  • N-MOSFETs

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Battery Management System

  • 1206 or larger for current sense resistor (to perform Kelvin sensing)

    • Investigate common-mode and differential filtering theory

  • Need to do research on charging and discharging MOSFETs (what parameters to look at to optimize performance)

  • Technical report review

  • Sponsorship request for TEquipment

  • Equipment sourcing document progress

  • ZP2 documentation

Kiran Surendran

Jason Skells

  • Finishing up the motor controller layout after revising the placement

  • Finish the PCB layout

  • Get a digikey order in

  • Documenting the board

Muhammad Tanveer

  • Finished most of the BMS schematic (including sourcing)

  • FET selection

  • Diode selection

  • Finalize BMS circuit

Darwin Clark

  • About halfway though with Buck converter whitepaper

  • Finish buck converter whitepaper

  • Do self breakdown/analysis of power distribution sch.

Seungmin Hong

  • Sourced, created and implemented current sense resistor

  • FET selection

  • Diode selection

  • Finalize BMS circuit

Ethan Abraham

  • General buck converter topology and functionality

  • CCM and DCM

  • Component Sizing and Efficiency Losses

  • Go through derivations again

  • Go through PCB placement

Jatin Mehta

  • Continued going through the BLDC motor section

  • Work on research project - making notes on MOSFETs, Power MOSFETs

Kevin Song

Went through BLDC motor section

Power MOSFETS and MOSFETS research

  • Power Distribution

  • Flight Controller

  • Motor Controller

  • Battery Management System

  • Equipment Purchasing

  • Internal Sponsorship Wishlist

  • Bootcamp

  • Buck Converter

  • LDO

    • MCU