Updates this week!

Cornflakes

March 18 Flight Test (Attendees: Daniel, Ethan, Michael, Nolan)

• Flight Test Video

• Flight Test Documentation: Mar 18, 2023 Flight Test

  • EE Specific Notes:

    • Servo (same one we had issues with) failed in cold

    • Cheap batteries underperformed and we are looking into returning them

  • See documentation for the other notes

ICARUS Program

Wiring Diagram (Michael, Farris, Rayyan)

• Rayyan:

  • Listed out components needed to for power requirement arch and have questions regarding some devices/components

  • Will look into calculations and values needed to be made to find nominal and max values

  • May require an updated block diagram to get better understanding of connections to make more accurate calculations

• Farris: Not much done this week

  • Planning on getting rough mechanical drawing of competition rover with available mounting points, as well as any already defined mounting locations for devices labelled

  • Change of plans: Will work with @Rayyan Mahmood to divide up the components and figure out power sourcing/loading

• Michael:

  • Listed out most components that were missing in the drawio based on system architecture confluence.

  • Added those components as nodes in the drawio diagram and started some connections.

ZeroPilot Program

Assembly & Testing (Ethan)

• Use work session tomorrow for some ZP3 assembly

  • We need to finish the three other PCBAs we have that are mostly done (need interboard connectors)

  • Soldering more interface boards

Admin

Purchase Orders (Ethan, Daniel)

• Getting our 100 dollar Digikey order using EngSoc funds

  • Daniel & Ethan to decide what else to be included in the order

  • Michael to add Zener diode

Bootcamp Revamp (Michael, Kevin, Farris)

• Kevin: Started working on defining the design concept and relevant theory for the bootcamp challenge

• Farris: First draft of schematic-creation portion of bootcamp done (6 - Schematic Creation)

PCBs

24-12,5 Buck (Ethan, Michael, Daniel)

• Daniel:

  • Assembled 1 and it’s working (Issues were recoverable!)

• We should order a diode and assemble a bunch at once

  • Time permitting

12-5 Buck (Nolan)

• Fixed polygons, added top overlay VIN/VOUT text, added meme + text on bottom overlay → pushed

• To do → lower res picture of kid named finger; review from someone if needed?

• Board is basically done I think

4S 30A Motor Controller (Muhammad)

• Won’t be able to make today’s meeting

• Working through suggestions from the review

• Will try to ramp up the pace starting Thursday (including decision and rationale for input capacitance)

5-24V Boost (Steven)

• Finished up footprint for micro USB

• work on layout this week

12S Servo Module (Stanley, Michael, Rayyan)

• Fixed Buck IC symbol

• Added some components to the library

  • Ethan went through finding the existing symbols and footprints in Altium with me

• Going to finish adding all the components this week, and hopefully finish the Buck schematic as well

Bootcamper Progress Updates

• Tom: Have voltage sense and buck converted section left

• Max: RPP completed, currently working on current sense

• Jack: Bootcamp review with Michael. Completed!! Waiting for task assignment

• Elion: Bootcamp review with Michael. Completed!! Waiting for task assignment

• William: Bootcamp review with Michael. Completed!! Waiting for task assignment