EFS New Project / Task Brainstorm

Why?

• Because we are running out of task. Some current efs members don’t have task to do. We also have to have some open tasks so that when a new member join, they can pick up a task. Also a preparation for the start of next term.

What you need to do:

• Brainstorm more good tasks or project. Or breaking down existing task into smaller piece, so people can work on them in parallel. Or extending task on existing task. 

• Any input is appreciated, and we will discuss the feasibility in a meeting sometime, (best if we can get this done before next efs meeting)

Ideas from Hardy Yu :

Easy to get people working on them now:

Telemetry Manager

• I heard from Yuchen he is shifting his focus onto tracking antenna project. Now, only @Yarema is working with telemetry manager at the moment. Thinking of giving him more hands

• Maybe chat with Yamera for how he wish the M2 TM task could break down to, and bring people to PM

• M3 TM PID upload, no one is working on it yet. Can let people get started on it

• two more ppl can be assigned to TM

• also Yarema to be official Project Manager

Installing ZP3.5 software on ZP3 board

• Nice if we can use zp3 board that ee team made.

• Need someone probably onsite to work with zp3 board, give the board a firmware

• I lost tracking of zp3 validation progress, but pretty sure this task hasn’t been done yet. Someone can take it away from Aiden

• make a decision on the pinout allocation for all the peripherals on ZP - TODO

  • for both Nucleo and ZP PCB

• have two ppl assigned to this / or one ppl do it

  • one for each board

ZP3 Validation Image

• validate the ZP3 connectivities using hil

  • is this feasible?

  • probably not

• Instead, we assign one ppl to keep on working the left work from Aiden

• Create a testing software that calls all individual test in a certain frequency, and all the connectivity need to be tested by hardware

• Record the expected validation image to a doc to set a standard for future validation work

• need that person to be in-person, could be assigned to new member

• own repo, separate from zp

• can’t be using LOS

• PPM input driver needs to be there

Adding ZP3 PCB board file to ZP3.5 firmware

Infra - SWO Script printing

• talk to Tong, if he is no longer interested, then we can hand this task to someone else

New Project Manager

• AM - aiden is gonna step down, find a new pm

• PM- neha is the current pm, might delegate Liang? to this position

• TM - Yarema to be the new PM

• SM - talk to Gagan for the next step

New project idea:

Custom Can Hub

• Maybe this can be a project for the future, make our custom can hub that can be used on our custom FC system(ZP) or even on ardupilot

• Something similar to this https://store.mrobotics.io/product-p/mro10042a.htm

• We could first make a prototype with stm32 MCU, then ask ee to make a board to load our firmware

• Initiative of using can: less wire, fast, robust both in electrical and message delivery

• More info about UAV CAN: https://www.anyleaf.org/blog/can-bus-on-uavs

Summary

TODO:

• Assign formal PM to projects in the next meeting or so

• confirm the RTK GPS we gonna buy, done this before next term

• what is going on in the simulator? sync to leads

PPl awaiting for task:

• Ethan leung,

- Lokesh Patel,

• Hunter Adams