💸 Operations
Updates
CR
Annika
working on getting the oscilloscopes (need purchase update from y’all)
tentative ship date for the transducers is 12/12
Niloo
Working on cowtown materials for massive foam blocks
still on the hunt for solar cells and stuff (need some responses from Andrew)
Working on smaller foam machiners
Arav
brakes and stuff, not much from him yet
Jackson
Mainly monetary right now
PR
Big things to come with ePlan
bi-weekly videos with their production team for mini-series
USA President and Global President slated to attend unveiling
hopeful unveiling partners
We need to begin using the software so that we can get into using the stuff for videos
these videos will be on ePlan website and socials and we can use as well
PR team will begin working on this starting our workday
Workday Plan
Begin teaching the team about new outreach software Jackson found
Practice pitches and cold calls
Final call for systems to give requests before break
Work with teams to finalize plans for merch and new opportunities to come next sem
🛠️ Chief Engineer
✅ Previous Action items
- Andrew gonna motivate
- i wanna talk with aeroshell
- i wanna talk with gerard/diya/parthy
- power gen new lead
- Rectangular vs Curved top shell FEA done by workday
\uD83D\uDDE3 System Updates
🚨 Controls:
Updates
Motor Controller STILL isn’t working (no more CAN Issues tho)
Parthiv can say more abt this
Don’t think this is from Controls side, need to verify.
Three more members know how to use profinity/set up + debug
Maddie and Krish - Layout in progress
Lucy - Lighting schematic draft reviewed
Oscar - Leader Dash, SendTriitum
Mika - Addressing Parthiv’s ideas on dashboard, addressing pedals board accel sensor
Week Plan
meeting with Eliana Thursday to look at brakeline for board
I intend to stay on campus throughout break to catch up on whatever work is behind (after 5 PM everyday): pedals board, MC fix if possible, ordering, finalizing with dash etc.
Upcoming Deadlines
Pedal needs to have first draft completed EOW.
🔥 BPS:
Updates
Boards are developing
Michael tested his watchdog on hardware but there’s some weird stuff going on, will be starting RTOS stuff soon
Phoenix is testing her RTOS stuff on a Nucleo now
Aneri got SPI running on Nucleo and is working on it over break
Clark is pretty close to starting layout and I think he can get it done pretty quickly
Abby is also pretty close to starting but she needs to address comments on the schematic
Progress on Amperes board is kinda slow, if it conitnues to be slow I’ll starting adding more help
Week Plan
Upcoming Deadlines:
11/09/26 - BPS Software Architecture
⚡ Power Generation:
Updates
Accepted quote for MPPT
Tanya and Tong about to send review request
Constant current lighting driver schematics
Temperature sensor schematics
Erika started ADC breakout boards layout
Week Plan
Upcoming Deadlines
12/16/2024 - Order boards
01/19/2024 - Array x Mechanical PDR
📻 Data Acquisition:
Updates
Weather + Array + Battery + Terrain all integrated. Working on simulating dynamics.
RF Receiver schematic complete. Working on layout
IMU/RPM board schematic complete. Working on layout.
Week Plan
Give thanks to the people that have given us so much
Upcoming Deadlines
- RF Board Layout
- IMU/RPM Board Layout
🔋 Power Systems:
Updates
Power board layout complete. Waiting on review. Reviews will be addresed prior to thanksgiving break and ordered by the same deadline.
Contactor driver and dataacq env board ordered.
eFuse testboard ready for review. Will be ordered alongside power board
Good progress on env board software (reading humidity and temp values on terminal).
Active precharge board undergoing a slight change (changing power delivery from LDO to buck). Finished and awaiting review.
Power monitoring board sch reviewed. Layout will start soon.
Encountered some issues when trying to spotweld on sigmaclad. Reached out to Kevin Yu (electric) with observations and questions. Havent recieved a response just yet.
Week Plan
Continue battery manufacturing (spotwelding) testing
review active precharge and eFuse testboard.
We also try out hand at the challenges placed before us. But we do it better. 😎
Upcoming Deadlines
- - Power Board Layout
- - Order Power Board
- - Order eFuse testboard
- - ESP32 Batt Char board sch
- - Power Mon board layout
- - Active Precharge layout
🔌 Electromechanical:
Updates
eplan licenses acquired
moco cooling complete
Intake/exhaust panel patterns
Week Plan
replace motor fuse, try to run again
finish battery panels and send them to get water jet
start manufacturing new battery locks
start manufacturing vibration jig
cooling stuff - intake, exhaust, mppt, calcs
Upcoming Deadlines
- Dec 4 - MPPT and MoCo Enclosures
🧑🏭 Body:
Updates
Frame 1st iteration had to be redone
Jig Design plan and Welding order started
Pedal Jig used, pedal ratio was tested and confirmed for daybreak pedal box redesign
Steering Wheel layup setup tested, CFC viable for steering wheel construction, needs some refinement
Week Plan
Go over welding theory to help with jigging/welding plan
Re-finish 1st frame iteration, start ansys sims
Decide pedal box placement/bounding box
Continue work on Daybreak pedal box redesign
Upcoming Deadlines
- Nov 16, 2024 - Roll cage position/dimensions set
- Nov 16, 2024 - Driver Model finalized
🔩 Dynamics:
Updates
General:
Manufactured inserts for composite testing
Unsprung:
Decided brakes
CAD for rear a-arm structure
Sohan began learning manufacturing with me and Gerard
Suspension:
Talked with fergo to better understand bounding boxes and HDPTS need to be changed
All members got Ansys installed
Carter is doing finding the loads related to bell cranks
Oliver and La’akea began learning manufacturing with me and Gerard
Steering:
Found lower steering rack geometry
Week Plan
Unsprung:
More mockup designs for both front and rear
Break button dimensions and forces on the rotor when we lock up
Suspension:
First iteration rear reference sketch
Load conditions for suspension focusing on bell cranks
Oliver and La’akea testing pushrods
Test with dummy suspension
Steering:
Reviewing lower steering rack geometry
Members work on designs for upper steering, figuring out how gearbox will work
Upcoming Deadlines
- - Brake calipers and rotor size decided (Arav got us this data) - Unsprung
- - Upper steering architecture selected (is in talks with ergo and suspension)- Steering
- - Bump steer design optimization - Steering
- - Version 1 of Upright design in CAD - Unsprung
- - Finalize brakes and rotor config (Arav got us this data) - Unsprung
- - Caliper and motor mount for Swingarm - Unsprung + Suspension
- - Decide bearings - Unspung
- - Version 1 of Hub design in CAD - Unsprung
- - Suspension Geometry Finalized - Suspension
💨 Aeroshell:
Updates
Aerodynamics
some members(at least 2) got their sims done
Composites
all bb layups except 1
all daybreak prep done, pretty much ready to bond w/ frame whenever
Did first frame test pieces
Did one with a higher vol fraction which looks better (bc less excess resin) but i forgot to take pic
Sanded the fcf part a bit, not effective. takeaway: we need to get rid of layer lines in mold. solution, more sanding or acetone vapor stuff
michael and i cleaned out pickle
Week Plan
Aerodynamics
everyone needs to have an idea for the part they want to put on the shell, it needs to be able to put together as a final part on workday
Aeroshell(me)
need to define some architecture things by workday, flat topshell or not,
Composites
finish battery box, another metal sheet to be sanded, start making test coupons for nomex honeycomb frame panels, finalize test fixtures for panels, finalize test plans for demold and resin infusion
Also will be working w/ emech to finalize plans for composite enclosure and also testing abs acetone vapor stuff to use in composite enclosure and composite steering wheel
Upcoming Deadlines
- Nov 20, 2024 - aerodynamics members have sims prepped
- - Battery box layups + Kaden's test panel complete
- - Daybreak shell prep complete and ready for shell to frame attachment
- Dec 7, 2024 (Before workday) - Aerodynamics members know what part they want to put on the shell
- Dec 7, 2024 (EOD) - Model of car is made around the frame, and it has all the parts that members have made