2024-11-13 Electrical Meeting

Attendance

In person

Online

Ryan Scomazzon

Meghan Dang

General Updates

Last flight test
- Canceled from rain
- Rescheduled to this saturday - Nov 16th
This weeks flight test
- Original (canceled) flight test thread https://discord.com/channels/776618956638388305/1302702638466465872
- This weeks: https://discord.com/channels/776618956638388305/1305207222711877632
- 2024-11-16 Houston Flight Test - Flight Tests - WARG
- Goals:
  - Test new camera, geolocation
  - Acquire image data for autonomy
  - Test tracking antenna (which didn’t work in the previous flight test attempt)
  - Potentially object detection testing
Midterm board order
- WENT OUT WOOOHOOOOO 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉GOOD WORK EVERYONE
- Bit of a hold up with one board but we chillin
- REMAINING ACTION ITEMS
  - Please follow post ordering backup processhttps://uwarg-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/EL/pages/2699821117/Altium+Folder+Structure+EE+Project+Backups#Post-Ordering
  - Please prepare a Digikey list with all components needed still and put in Midterm PCB order channel https://discord.com/channels/776618956638388305/1294169338508611646
    - everyone should come to friday’s worksesh to work on this together
  - If you need stuff from Digikey, now is the time to speak up so we can throw it on this order
    - Ria Prakash GPS?
- Feedback on the process?
- Current boards
  - Tracking antenna rev 2 - Ryan
  - 12->5V @ 4A buck - Kenny - Daniel
  - USB-C Sink - Kenny - Daniel
  - 24V->5V @ 5A buck - Robert - Kevin
  - 6S servo module rev 2 - Ian - Meghan
  - Water Controller - Shawn - Daniel
  - Unified Video System - Tom
  - Sensor Cluster - Michael -
  - straight can splitter - Daniel
  - programming conn adapter - Meghan
  - Led controller rev 4
EE Workseshes - PMS Fill in
- Todays (Wed Nov 13th)
  - creating harnessing and wiring RPi on Peggy 2
- Friday’s (Nov 15th)
  - high current module stuff ?
  - digikey ordering - grind this out
Farris and Kevin's knowledge sessions.
- Farris posted a video and Kevin did/will do slides. Find these in #Electrical
- Farris did it on FETs and Kevin on Bucks
EE Social - Meghan Dang for details
- Rat soup and games - Meghan's place - Friday @ 7pm
- everyone meetup @ work sesh on friday! moved from 5-7pm to line up with social
Comp/Eclipse sync
- No eclipse sync.
- Comp sync tmrw night (Thursday) @ 8pm
Request from Mech - Don’t use gorilla tape on the drone. Use zip ties instead.

Reminders

Please clean up after yourself
Get the electronsite role if on site - reach out to Ryan Scomazzon if you have issues
Check out Conops for AEAC! Get involved in comp syncs for discussion https://www.aerialevolution.ca/annual-student-competition/
If you are on a project and can use some help, reach out
Don’t forget to fill out the team roster: https://forms.office.com/r/ka0MJHJQ9D
Missing GPS
- probably gonna order

Board bring up Status

Please update test plans/board documentation!

Board Name

status

blockers

plan going forward

GPS Breakout

where are those gps boards

need to order new GPS boards

Ria Prakash

https://uwarg-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Meetings/database/2752839681?entryId=e839dcd8-defc-42f1-8280-8e2c21fbeea5

Single Servo Driver

Buck and LDO confirmed to be working. Load and efficiency testing completed, looks good. Load transient testing in progress
blocked by firmware people right now ..

Load transient testing → EFS Firmware testing

https://uwarg-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Meetings/database/2752839681?entryId=726878aa-bcb8-4728-9eed-18483cfb5c94

6s Power Module

Both sides assembled
Still needs some cleanup with connectors and AFE chips
Some small rework fixes but mostly good to go for firmware

Needs firmware for other side to do voltage and current sensing using the AFE chips

Peggy 2/Comp Updates

Jerry Tian For Peggy 2
Did not make progress
Tracking antenna, water controller on order
Single servo on firmware

Eclipse Updates - Fixed Wing 2025 - SysInt - WARG (atlassian.net)

The below boards should be included
- 6S servo module rev 2 - On midterm order - assembly likely next term
- Single Servo Driver - waiting on EFS
- 6S power module - in validation Andrew Chai for details
  - POR for first flight of eclipse next term.
- CAN Integration 2025