7/13/2022

Weekly Updates

Member

Main Project

Update

Action Items

Member

Main Project

Update

Action Items

@Ari Wasch

BMS

  • Met with @Logan Hartford to look at the 48V batteries. also found the battery charger

  • Met with @Joshua Harper to work on BMS

  • Started design review for 48V buck

  • Finish design review for 48V buck

@Chealsie Bains (Deactivated)

BLDC

Solar

Any update on BLDC layout?

 

@Ethan Romero

PDB

Any updates on getting started with PDB?

 

@Farris Matar

PDB/BMS

 

 

@Ivan Lim

Science

Any updates on powered tests for science?

 

@Jason Gao

RS422

BLDC motor controller

 

 

@Joshua Harper

BMS

Any update on the BMS schematic?

 

@Logan Hartford

Multiphase Buck Converter

  • Met with @Ari Wasch in the bay for firmware support but mostly just looked for the battery and reviewed the buck schematic/calculations.

  • Met with @Paul Kokhanov to go over the schematic design review changes, review it ourselves and review the first round of placement

  • Review the buck schematic and calculations

  • Support @Paul Kokhanov in layout

  • Create a parts creation tutorial specific to our library

  • Meet with @Paul Kokhanov This weekend to make some progress on layout

@Paul Kokhanov

Multiphase Buck Converter

  • Met with @Logan Hartford discussing schematic design review

  • worked on PCB layout

  • Will Meet with logan again this weekend

  • ideally finish PCB layout and start laying down traces and polygon pours, etc…

@Rishith Bomman

PDB

Worked with @Farris Matar on Schematic, completed 17V Buck and 5V Buck.

Replace some components on other parts of PDB as they are out of stock, finish making some footprints and generate PCB.

@Taylor Mcnabb

SPI LVDS

 

 

@Wolfgang Windholtz (Deactivated)

Science

 

 

Announcements:

  • Who is available for design team showcase on September 7th?

To-Do (i.e. You’ve got nothing else to do this week so do one of these things):

Send Farris your Altium email if you want a team license
Test science
Test RS422 board (Reach out to Jason for more information)
Finish/test SPI LVDS board

Deadlines:

  • Have all PCBs designed by the end of July

    • Buck, PDB, BMS

    • Have boards ready for design review and layout in two weeks

  • Have boards and parts in hand by the end of August