Overview

Audience: TODO

WARG is looking to purchase a new laptop for F24 onwards.

Requirements

What the laptop is going to be used for.

Use case	Subteam	Software
Ground station	All	Mission Planner IMACS 2.0 Pathing
Electrical development	Electrical	Altium
Mechanical development	Mechanical	Solidworks


~~Groundside compute~~	~~Autonomy~~	~~Airside system~~

How the laptop will fulfill the above requirements.

Property	Requirement	Reason
Operating System	Windows	Mission Planner is Windows only.
CPU
GPU
RAM	>=16GB	8GB is not enough. TODO How much RAM does development software use?
Storage	>=750GB TODO	Development software and files.
IO	TODO: USB-A, USB-C, HDMI, Ethernet, SD card, microSD card???	You remembered to bring the dongle, right? No? Crap.

Screen brightness	>=TODO nits	Ground station is outside, potentially in the sun.
Screen size

Battery life Please note that a manufacturer’s advertized battery life is a lie, so divide their number by 3 when comparing to this requirement Most of the other requirements trade off with battery life (e.g. more powerful GPU will drain it faster, brighter screen will drain it faster)	>=TODO hours This requirement can be dropped if a large external battery is purchased	Ground station may not have access to power during flight tests.
Weight
Durability	Survive regular transportation to non city environments	Ground station is outside.
Expected lifespan