5/4/2022

Weekly Updates

Member

Main Project

Update

Action Items

Member

Main Project

Update

Action Items

@Ari Wasch

BMS

  • Talked with Logan about new projects

  • Start researching whether to use MCU or IC for BMS

  • Pick up science board

@Chealsie Bains (Deactivated)

TBD - BLDC

  • Won’t be able to attend meetings (work until 10pm)

  • Looking for a new project

 

@Farris Matar

PDB/BMS

Any update on PDB/BMS performance testing?

 

@Ivan Lim

Science

Any update on Science assembly and testing?

  • Board is in the mail room along with the parts

  • Get the stuffs

@Jason Gao

RS422

BLDC motor controller

Has RS422 been tested?

  • No - need input from the encoder.

Any update on Brushless DC Motor (BLDC Motor) Controller Board layout?

  • Talk with Chealsie

  • Waiting on Crimps

  • Talk to Farris about crimps

@Logan Hartford

Multiphase buck converter

  • Continued doing research for optimizing the buck.

  • Talked with Ari about new projects

  • Meet with Ari and spec out battery.

  • Finish reading a couple more documents on buck before starting layout.

  • Create on-boarding for GitHub

@Taylor Mcnabb

SPI LVDS

  • No longer in Waterloo, so won't be able to assemble SPI Host board, but shouldn't be a very difficult board to bring together (just need to find where the blank boards have been put)

  • SPI LVDS Peripheral layout is now up for review

  • Make changes to SPI LVDS Peripheral layout where needed

@Wolfgang Windholtz (Deactivated)

Science

Any update on Science assembly and testing?

 

New Members:

  • Ethan - Finishing training

  • Josh Harper - Possible solar

  • Bassel - Possibly BMS

Announcements:

  • Assigning new projects

  • Switching to hybrid meetings - webcams for remote persons

New Projects

  • BMS - Active Cell Balancing - 2 - Ari, Bassel

  • PDB - Layout, Splitting boards, and connecting via edge connectors - 1

  • Status LCD - 1

  • Solar panel charger - EE wide project - All - Josh

  • BLDC Board - 2 - Jason, Chealsie

  • Firmware EE Integration