January 24, 2022
Attendants
Ethan
Austin
Cindy
Clare
Farris
Grace
Max
Orson
Anna
Emily
Mechanical
Drivetrain
couple parts left to make
2 weeks from now should have all the parts
need assembly drawings
Arm McMaster order made ASAP
Specialty stuff from McMaster separate order
Send stuff to Agile - use substitutes (in house) for now
Gearbox will not ship for SAR (estimated ship date Feb 21st)
try to bolt straight on?
Drawings done
all COTS parts BOM done
COTS parts shipped within 2-3 weeks?
motor encoder step files received from electrical → currently being mounted
Gimbal
has been assigned
someone has taken full ownership (hopefully)
Electrical
wiring the drivetrain:
wiring diagram?
wiring diagram
wed-thrus to be seen
12 awg/ 8 awg wire needed
molex connectors?
nanotec → molex
maxon → molex (except 1)
maxon → 1 DOES NOT HAVE MOLEX
wiring for encoders → molex as well
add encoder molex connectors to order as well
Battery → expected this Wednesday ( Jan 26, 2022 )
Battery charger selected
science board → grinded out?
electrical tracker made!
big issue
higher voltage power supply → required for testing
peter has it → follow up with peter
using last years LED matrix for SAR
RS422 boards are blocking firmware
needed to hook up the drive train encoders
need fixture
Firmware
Motor test fixture
fixture for maxon will be done soon
testing will start right after it is done
maybe test the fixture with a load?
working on Odrive firmware
RLS encoders - where are they?
formula electric may have them
Melvin testing new gimbal
Younes supposed to have returned the black fly camera
one black fly missing (supposed to have 2)
just the fixture is blocking firmware
broadcom test rig almost done
drivetrain test rig - lower priority → just use the drivetrain when it is built
wait for RLS encoder to come
Software
Done stuff:
drivetrain done → testable
Arm in progress → needed for SAR
URDF created
integration required
one step away from testable
everyone else supporting with arm
CAN API in progress to communicate between hardware and software → needed for SAR
Science → not SAR important
how to turn it on
All you need…
Rover is the computer → is the jetson
Setup required to setup the computer
commands required to “boot up”
wifi shit too (dont forget)
…
execute startup file
once the architecture is there it will be easier to turn it on
confluence page → instructions (later)
Base station? → deal with all the other stuff
still discussing
alot of good progress
Science
Ninhydrin test → confirmed needs to be documented
work on experimental procedure → for documentation purposes
SAR page 6
Science plan in progress
Physically test the Ninhydrin
Test in Lab if access
test in house perhaps
Print out SDS for chemicals
Business
Weef
New weef director!
trying to deal with outstanding orders
All of Cindy’s orders → in finance (good)
Asha’s orders →
Wolfgangs orders in process
team account needs to be sorted
system in place works good
older orders kinda wack
check spread sheet if there are funds present before proceeding
weef dates not out yet
Sponsor labels to be put on the rover
let Anna know if there are any sponsors
glue/tape stickers to the Ebox lid or any other spaces
Database for sponsors
keep track of who is talking to know and for how much money
STAR GOALS
specific, testable, attainable, and relevant
Mechanical
order 3D printing filament (PETG and PLA)
empty the ebox on the rover and take it off
Drawings for axis 3 and 4 finalized
Assist with Medinas Drawings
Finish BOM for Agile parts → not send out stuff yet
buy all the COTS smaller supplier stuff by the end of this week
servo city ADD TO TRACKER at least
order DF robot stuff
need more bogie tubes
re-machine 0119 :( - assigned to Jasmine
Cut tubes
assign all the drivetrain drawings
MR22-DT-P0090 - @Ethan Cronier order this
MR22-DT-P0115 - @Ethan Cronier order this
MR22-DT-P0257 - @Emily Adam order this and everything else
Stretch goal → everything else
Electrical
rigorous comms testing
channels work but not yet performance tested
bug melvin
new antennas not yet tested
finish SPI Master board
order PDM and RS422
Check battery charger this week
wiring diagram going to be finished by the end of this week
Stretch goal - layout all ebox components in the ebox now
Firmware
Modify firmware to test broadcoms
successfully test the odrive motor controller on the test fixture Austin is working on
Software
Get arm to the same point that drivetrain is in
Science
Write up for the experiment and document on confluence or other
extremely clear
Print out SDS sheets for old chemicals, label the bottles
Business
Resubmit Wolfgangs WEEF orders
Finalize list of sponosrs
collect logos
Stretch goal → start the spreadsheet for sponsor database.
Leads
SAR planning
SAR scripting
@Ethan Cronier create the document
General
Testing time?
as much time as can be given
Battery - need to figure out how to get it over the border @Austin Tailon Huang @Farris Matar
Safety Captain needed
SAR report
start planning what video we want for our video
use this to determine what mechanism we need to focus
@Ethan Cronier look in SDC for RLS encoders
@Farris Matar forward email to @Ethan Cronier , @Ethan Cronier Follow up with Peter about the CSA approval process
Who is doing drivetrain test rig? - assigned to @Max Apitz-Grossman
just use the drivetrain