2020-06-23 Meeting Minutes - General

Update & Action Items

MemberUpdateAction Items

Andrew

  • Initial concepts and revisions of hub to CF attachment cad
  • Arm & motor controller pcb integration onto arm
  • Hub to CF attachment cad
    • Integrate clamping collar into hub part design
  • Check Arm board dxf profile with Kyle

Alaina

  • Weight of joints for 4&6-wheel design 
    • Using preliminary CAD we can tell how much some hub components weigh, 
      Talk about it more at drive train meeting
  • Working on 4-Wheel CAD
  • 6-Wheel CAD
  • Figure out how to attach hub motor  
    • May have been sorted out already
  • Chain on science   

Asha

  • One possible tensioner idea for science (Alaina working on alternatives)
  • Member training lesson 1 was pretty good
  • Read & screenshot wheel doc
  • Motor calculations
  • Cheese for science elevator (once tensioner is on)

Caleb

  • Pitch and roll sitting on a bolt/nut
  • Battery research (lower priority)

Spot welding : stronger connection, more surface area, hotter, could damage battery

Wire bonding : more resistance, wire acts as fuse, less damage to battery during assembly

Thermal management system? Wavy pipes? (patent20110212356)

Simply buy a bunch of single cells. Add them up in series till we get our desired voltage. Then stack them in parallel.

  • Gimbal review tonight
  • Clean up motor sheets.
  • Do some calculations on the motors to confirm loads
  • Work with electrical to see PCB final size. Right now 2”x2” square
  • If we’re continuing with a custom battery, will need to know max dimensions.

Tony

  • Contact TQ, arranged meeting
  • Drivetrain tube connector design 

  • Define drivetrain constraints and requirements in system doc
  • Review prelim drive train wheel with Nathan M (everyone welcome) (may not happen for a while)
  • Sort out E-box wiring, use info to order connectors
  • Finish reading unidirectional composite material properties, estimate structural member sizes
  • Need to re-upload solver installation packages to MEGA drive 

Cole

  • E-box lid design
  • Integrate new slip ring (quick change to a printed part)
  • Review lid design with… (I guess we could do this tomorrow during connector panel meeting?)?
  • Design e-box connector panel 
    • Meeting w David tomorrow
  • Any more arm work for me Tony?
  • Make sure EE validates slip-ring

Emily

  • Finished a rough version of PCB integration for science (pending approval?)
    • PCB mounting solutions - message tony when at that stage
  • Finished rocker hub version with more OTS components
  • Pending design review at drive train meeting for Wednesday

David 

  • Finished adding shovel to science assembly
  • Did shovel torque calculations
    • Pending review
  • Talked to electrical about connectors and wiring for e-box
  • Have meeting with Cole about e-box connectors
  • Finalize layout for e-box components
  • Re-design bottom plate for science to have mount for science
  • Looking for more work (drivetrain/looking for something more technical) - hopefully something I can finish by September 

General Notes

  • New members are getting set up for training