Winter 2021 Onboard - planned timeline
Push mini-project more (building battery series based on certain specs) - mandatory for all team members
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@mentors should be more proactive, please hold check-in conversations weekly if possible on Slack to lead new members[@Micah placeholder to explain why this intro project is crucial to understand battery box]
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To get everyone started on the battery box team, I’ve thought it would be good to through the basics of designing a simple battery pack. This exercise will help you understand what you are contributing to this term! You’ll start by reading up on some of the battery pack details and manufacturing methods, and then move to designing a simple pack to understand how to put everything together and then provide a recommendation for a battery pack for a car similar to MSXIV. This is the exact same process that we go through when starting to design a new pack for the car (or any battery pack for that matter) - so this is all required knowledge for building battery packs.
Step 1
Read through these PDFs about designing and building a battery pack. These compile a ton of information - don’t be scared to read them, but be sure to spend the time to understand them. If you have any questions, then message the #mech-battery-box channel on slack and someone will get back to you!
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