2024-09-05 Power Systems Meeting Minutes

5 Mins

Introduction

@Frank Li

• Thanks for the great turnout on our first workday!

• Huge thanks to those who came to info sessions and open garages to hype up our org

• Budget got approved with no major cuts

• We have 103 applicants to Power Systems!!! That is the second most just under Power Generation.

5 Mins

General Workday tasks

@Frank Li

• If yall worked on any boards / projects last year, please write some documentation under the power systems folder.

• I would like people working on current and future projects to compile a list of regs that they must adhere to (similar to what we did in SRR and PDR).

  • All these considerations must be made earlier or else we’ll have last-minute decisions be made again.

• Starting from now, I would also like each member to compile a quick, simple list of workday objectives that they will accomplish on workday.

  • After talking to leads, a general consensus is that members should be willing to stay some extra time to get their objectives done for the day if they had not completed them prior.

• Please let me know any issues yall might be having with project assignments, availability, etc. I’m here for yall as much as yall are here for me, so any greivances should be addressed ASAP.

5 Mins

Project Updates

Everyone

 Frank - attended a lot of leads meetings and looked a bit into active precharge. Goal: Look more into LTC4421

Aneri - talked to BPS (Nathan and Aniruddh) about how they plan on revamping their software architecture. Also talked to data acq about how they collect data so we can determine where to place SoC and SoH.

Carolyn - Prob wont be doing HV for now. Worked with Aneri in regards to SoC and SoH and also looked a bit into the LTC4421. Goal: try to consolidate more info about HV.

Dylan & Devin- Talked with Parthiv about battery design. Researched into a couple designs and companies. Did contactor driver / BPS amperes documentation. Goal: look more into different designs and plans for integration. Find a better chip for BPS amperes

Kaden - did emech stuff and attended leads stuff.

Bosa - did emech stuff and updated prices

Changxu - read through wisconsin doc about Smart PDU. Looked into some ICs for the project. Asked lakshay and parthiv for wiring diagrams. Goal:

Watts - Documented information about active precharge. Looked at TI’s example and its specific components. Goal: Looked at Wisconsin’s active precharge.

5 Mins

Onboarding

Everyone

5 Mins

Conclusion

 @Frank Li

• Good luck at expo!!!