Winter 2021 Onboard - planned timeline
Push This term, the battery box mini-project more (building battery series based on certain specs) - will be mandatory for all team members.
Make This project will be less complicated Make it than last term’s
The project will be more relevant to the car to have members understand the importance of the mini-projectClarify the
The purpose of the mini-project but also have some handholding2 is to build a battery series based on certain specs, there will be a good amount of handholding (i.e., help will be provided when asked so be proactive!)
The project will last for two weeks following Thursday, Jan 14th, 7:30 PM general
End of week 1 | Thursday, Jan 21st: First presentation of findings thus far, including thought process and questions
End of week 2 | Thursday, Jan 28th: Final presentations of solution
@mentors should be more proactive, please hold check-in conversations weekly if possible on Slack to lead new members.
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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 design 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.
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The solar panels on the Midnight Sun Vehicles provide power directly into the High Voltage system, which powers the motors - its it's another power source for the car and will lighten the load on the batteries.