2024-09-20 Power Systems Meeting Minutes

Date

20 Sept 2024

@Frank Li - Trial workday is tmr. Must not intimidate new members.
@Changxu Liu - Ate a cheeseburger because today is queso day? Coming to trial workday
@Wataru Yasueda - Birthday yesterday (turned 21 can drink and drive legally). Not coming.
@Devin Kretschman - Embedded Lab upcoming. Gotta design cool products. Alarm clock. Not coming.
@Dylan Kretschman - Was supposed to go to combat robotics but driver folded like a lawn chair. Not coming.
@Carolyn Hoang - Cleaned out Bunny’s litter. Not coming.

Time	Item	Who	Notes

Time	Item	Who	Notes
5 Mins	Introduction	@Frank Li
5 Mins	General Workday tasks	@Frank Li
5 Mins	Project Updates	Everyone	Frank - Read LTC4421 Datasheet. Goal: Finish a schematic for the Power Board by Sept 25. Also have parts selection completed by the same date. Carolyn - Created a timeline for the power board. Also read data sheet. Same goal as above. Watts - Finished parts selection for BBPDU. Needs to do measurements. Planning on watching Kicad tutorial. Goal: Finish sch by Sept 28th. Changxu - Same as Watts. Will work on seperate layouts for the BBPDU and then compare. Devin - Contactor Driver board has had a lot of changes. Created a Battery char page including info on chips, components, etc. Goal: Come up with a concept / block diagram for the batt char board. Will be a confluence doc with requirements, specifications, etc. Dylan - Same as Devin.
5 Mins	Onboarding	Everyone	Focus on projects for the new members. Don’t give long lectures. Maybe give people a component and ask them to give a presentation about it.
5 Mins	Conclusion	@Frank Li