1/25/2023

Weekly Updates

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@Ari Wasch

BMS

 

 

David Choi

DD Current Sense / Comms

✅🚹

Any update on the DD Current Sense part selection? Any update on Comms?

  • If we only need one freq we are good for SAR

  • Need to do some more testing for comms

  • May go to the bay this weekend

@Farris Matar

PDB/OTS BMS

✅🚹

  • SPI Peripheral boards assembled, preliminary short checking done, no shorts between voltage rails, GND, and signal lines

  • Decision on 17V load switch is not to change out IC, no significant upgrades from upgrading it that would be worth it

  • STM32 has ADCs if we want to take an analog current-sense measurement of the 17V rail

  • Look over DD Current Sense schematic for @Yuchen Lin when ready

  • Look into BMS testing & setup with battery

  • Look into 12s charger

@Logan Hartford

Lead

 

  • Review the 5V layout

  • Any PDB work sessions this weekend?

  • Review SOP

  • Reveiw DD current sense IC schematic

Muhammad Tanveer

Comms

✅🚹

Any update on Comms?

 

@Olivia Markham (Deactivated)

BMS / DD Current Sense

 

 

Rayaan

5V OTS Buck

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  • Look into 48-17V OTS buck (3-4A)

  • Ask about the gimbal and vector nav power requirements

@Rishith Bomman

PDB

✅🚹

Any updates on PDB Rev 4.1?

  •  

  • Get the layout review out for 5V

  • Start working on 5V sw

@Wolfgang Windholtz (Deactivated)

Science / Support

 

  • SOP review

  • DD current sense

@Yuchen Lin

DD Current Sense / Comms

Any update on the DD Current Sense part selection? Any update on Comms?

  • SOP doc is finished, needs to be reviewed

  • DD current sense schematic is finished – IC

  • Looking into frequency hopping

  • Formula EE: willing to have a meeting with us about the battery

  • Sop review

  • Dd-current sense review

  • Researching frequency hopping

  • More info in charger and battery

Announcements:

  • Review the SOP battery charging document

Priority I Tasks:

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Discussion Questions

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Get the bare minimum electrical systems working for the drive train to be able to move
  • What is the bare minimum electrical system?

  • What are all the all the ways we can achieve this?

  • New requirements--Need to power:

    • Jetson - 17V, 2-4A?

    • Gimbal - ?

    • Vector Nav - ?

    • Anenna - 24V 1.5A

    • What are the power requirements for each of these?

  • Encoders need 5V, mostly a current ref

    • 20mA per encoder

    • 48-5V buck

  • 48V to each motor

  • Apparently the Odrive supplies 5V to the encoders so no need for a buck

Rayaan

Validate the OTS BMS
  • How can this be done?

  • How easy of a project is this?

  • 3/5 tough

  • Use resistors divider board to validate basic functions

    • For checking over-voltage?

  • Hook up the cells to the BMS and test basic functions

  • Someone has definitely done battery emulation before

    • google it

@Farris Matar (starting next week)

Create a SOP document for how to charge the LiPo battery pack
  • With vs without the BMS

  • What is the safest way?

  • What is the most convenient way?

  • Any concerns?

  • Should always charge it using a battery charger

  • Have the BMS hooked up as well

  • Connector solution

  • Put safety warnings, storage instructions etc

@Yuchen Lin

Complete Rev 4.1 of PDB
  • Do we have time for a work session this weekend?

  • Yes

Rishith

Validate the electrical functionality of the LED matrix
  • What exactly does this consist of?

  • What needs to be done to verify?

  • Send a digital signal to the neopixels, bitshifts

  • Just need to hit it with PWM to set the colour of the whole thing

    • arduino town

@David Choi / Rishith

/ @Farris Matar

Set up 2.4 Ghz bands

 

  • working on instability issue

    • Should be fine with one antena

@David Choi

Priority II/III Tasks:

Task

Priority

Status

Comments

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Priority

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II

Waiting on mechanical/firmware

 

II

Waiting on mechanical/firmware

 

III

Working on priority I comms first

 

II

Working on priority I comms first

 

Active Projects:

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PDB

@Rishith Bomman /

@Farris Matar / Rayaan

PDB Rev4 - Design and Assemble the PDB

Dec 19, 2022

  • Performance testing complete

  • Some small schematic and footprint issues across the board

  • 17V performed well except on start up

  • 5V is very noisey

HIGH

BMS

@Joshua Harper / @Ari Wasch / Olivia

BMS - Design and Assemble the BMS

Apr 19, 2023

  • One BMS has been assembled

  • Basic non-performacne and non-firmware tests have been done

  • An off the shelf replacement is being sourced

HIGH

Comms

@Yuchen Lin / @Logan Hartford

Comms

Oct 31, 2022

 

HIGH

Science

 

Science - Assemble & Test

Apr 19, 2023

  • Need one or two people to own the assembly and testing of the science boards and work with @Ivan Lim and @Wolfgang Windholtz (Deactivated) to ensure the board is ready for competition.

  • Found two assembled boards but none of the parts if @Ivan Lim / @Wolfgang Windholtz (Deactivated) have any ideas please let me know. Otherwise we’ll just order more parts.

  • @Ivan Lim / @Wolfgang Windholtz (Deactivated) Both of the assembled boards are missing a lot of parts, do the boards have a bunch of population options?

MEDIUM

SPI LVDS

@Farris Matar

SPI LVDS - Assemble and Test

Apr 19, 2023

  • SPI LVDS Host boards should have been assembled

  • SPI LVDS Peripheral parts and boards should be in the bay now, pending assembly

  • Harnesses need to be ordered in order to wire them up together and do testing

MEDIUM

RS422

David Choi / @Farris Matar

RS422 - Assemble and Test

Apr 19, 2023

  • @Farris Matar verified the design and was able to send data using the boards

  • 3 Boards have been assembled and tested

MEDIUM

LED Matrix

 

LED Matrix 2022/23

Apr 19, 2023

  • LED matrix has been located

  • Should work, just needs power and a PWM signal

MEDIUM

Digital Display Current Sense Board

@Olivia Markham (Deactivated) / David Choi / @Yuchen Lin

Current Sense Display

Apr 19, 2023

  • Currently in the schematic design phase of the project

LOW