Please include critical progress updates, discussion items or meeting requests under your subteam section below. DOC WILL BE FINALIZED ON October 3RD END OF THE DAY
General Announcements
Competition News
Safety meeting postponed until
General meeting work session next week? Who will be available, is it worth running
Mechanical
UPDATES
Progress Updates
All M1 tasks have been assigned (other than allen key tool)
All tasks in early start phases - follow up meeting scheduled to assist members with task context and steps
Onboarding Updates
Retained ~10-12 new mech members in weekly meeting
All members have started training, ~25-50% complete
SolidWorks Tutorial for next weeks meeting
ACTION ITEMS
What’s next?
Getting science ready for FW - motors and actuators prepped asap
Battery and Gimbal Mount for Drivetrain
CAD cleaning efforts
Misc.
Comms support?
UPDATES
Progress Updates
PDB Rev4 - Design and Assemble the PDB Rishith Bomman has been asked to have the layout done by the 28th, design reviews will be done by the 1st and hopefully the board will be ordered on the 3rd.
Update: Layout reviews have been completed, parts are ordered, will be ordering boards after Wednesday's meeting.
BMS - Design and Assemble the BMS Joshua Harper has been asked to have the layout done by the 28th, design reviews will be done by the 1st and hopefully the board will be ordered on the 3rd.
Update: Layout reviews have been completed, parts are ordered, will be ordering boards after Wednesday's meeting.
Multiphase Buck Converter Rev 2 - Design and Assemble the Buck Converter
One of the bucks has been assembled
We are blocked from testing it. We need a variable power supply, 0-60V for testing line regulation, and a high-power fixed supply for testing load regulation.
Update: Wolfy has ordered a fixed output power supply, and I’ve ordered some other supplies for testing.
Update: Austin is working on getting us a variable output power supply for testing.
Comms Yuchen has started working on creating documentation for how to use the comms system.
Update: Yuchen has created documentation from the URC rules and advisements. He still does not have access to confluence so I will be moving the information over.
Update: Yuchen is almost done working his way through the old google drive and creating some sort of documentation from that. Its pretty scattered though.
Onboarding Updates
So far we have 4 new members who are actively engaged with the team, David, Rayaan, Olivia, and Yuchen.
Rayaan has been assigned to PDB. He is currently working through the schematics. He will be in charge of assembly and testing when the time comes.
Olivia has been assigned to BMS. She is currently working through the schematics. He will be in charge of assembly and testing when the time comes.
Yuchen (aka Billy) volunteered to learn about the comms system. He has started looking through existing documentation and taking notes.
David is currently working through the training and tutorials. Once he is done with that, I will have him own getting the SPI LVDS boards up and running while mentoring him on a side project to get him familiar with Altium.
ACTION ITEMS
What’s next?
Buy a variable and a fixed output power supply (done now)
Order the PDB and BMS (This Wednesday hopefully)
Find all of the comms hardware and confirm the current setup so Yuchen can collect data sheets and create a plan for testing.
Over the reading week, Paul and I will test the buck, assuming we have both power supplies by then.
Over the reading week, Yuchen and I are going to go to the bay and try and set up some comms stuff.
Move Yuchens comms research over to confluence.
Misc.
UPDATES
Progress Updates
What has your team been working on? (Link CONFLUENCE task pages)
How’re these tasks going?
Have you completed any key steps/tasks?
Is the completed task a prerequisite to anything?
Have you encountered any blockers?
Do you need to set up a meeting with another lead?
(One bullet per update)
Onboarding Updates
How’re the new members doing?
How’s the training going?
What’re they working on?
How’re they feeling?
ACTION ITEMS
What’s next?
Major focus of the team in the next week
Misc.
Anything you’d like to bring up
UPDATES
Progress Updates
What has your team been working on? (Link CONFLUENCE task pages)
How’re these tasks going?
Have you completed any key steps/tasks?
Is the completed task a prerequisite to anything?
Have you encountered any blockers?
Do you need to set up a meeting with another lead?
(One bullet per update)
Onboarding Updates
How’re the new members doing?
How’s the training going?
What’re they working on?
How’re they feeling?
ACTION ITEMS
What’s next?
Major focus of the team in the next week
Misc.
Anything you’d like to bring up
UPDATES
Progress Updates
What has your team been working on?
coordinating science tests - general sync up meeting in plans to bring new members to bay and see chemicals
more report review and new members training review
How’re these tasks going?
new members seem engaged, want to give them sufficient time to train and understand URC before we get too hands on with running chemical tests
Have you completed any key steps/tasks?
planning chemical testing – worked with some Faculty of Env. profs (Dr. Jen Parks, Dr. John Johnson) and plan to collaborate further to help plan meaningful tests
Is the completed task a prerequisite to anything?
no
Have you encountered any blockers?
Do you need to set up a meeting with another lead?
no
Onboarding Updates
How’re the new members doing?
How’s the training going?
members engaged, working through training at comfortable pace
What’re they working on?
reviewing Science plan research & URC guidelines
How’re they feeling?
easing into things- deciding whether this is a commitment they want to take on
ACTION ITEMS
What’s next?
Large sync up meeting and/or bay visit to view chemicals
Misc.
Ideally, science subteam would have ~1 hour uninterrupted in the bay to complete science tasks (working with chemicals so this is for everyones safety), likely post-reading week October, will update team closer to when we want to complete this but informing now
UPDATES
Progress Updates
What has your team been working on?
Processing reimbursement requests
Got new code set up in tracking sheet for Oct WEEF spending spree
Looked into the new submission for the team account thing
Set up the rest of the information for the item tickets
How’re these tasks going?
Good!
Have you completed any key steps/tasks?
Nothing from the large ones
Have you encountered any blockers?
Team members weren’t able to make it to the meeting last minute so we weren’t able to do to much as far as assigning things goes.
Onboarding Updates
How’re the new members doing?
no new members :((
ACTION ITEMS
What’s next?
Reach out to team members individually and show them all the confluence pages
Make sure there is a spending spree plan in place so it’s not rushed during midterms
verify that this rover budget is complete and accurate (I think this is over what is actually on the rover)
Misc./Questions
When are people’s midterms?
There is funding from sci soc, is science/mec ready to order sensors yet?