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Primary channels to keep an eye on:

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• About the car: Intro to Solar Car Electrical Systems

• About us: Hardware Subteam Overview

• Useful hardware resources: Useful HW Resources

• Board design life cycle: Board Lifecycle

Onboarding

• S20 Info session playlist: Info Session YouTube Playlist

• S20 Info session slides and videos: Links to Slides and Knowledge Share Resources - S20

• F20 Onboarding slides: Links to Onboarding Slides - F20

• W21 On-site onboarding: HW On-site Onboarding Schedule - W21

• F21 Onboarding: HW Onboarding Schedule - F21

• A365: A365

Other

• Equipment available in the bay: Test Equipment

• Hardware 101 and finding parts on Digi-key: Hardware 101

• How to use JIRA: Using JIRA

• Crimping: Crimping Wires

Topic Specific Search

• Circuits review and general solar car knowledge:

  • Week 1 First-year circuits review

  • Week 2 - F21 First-year circuits review (updated)

  • Helpful Definitions/Acronyms

  • Intro to Solar Car Electrical Systems

    • Week 1 - Electrical Systems Overview - Part 1 High-level overview of the car (no part 2)

• Setting up A365

  • Altium 365 + Concord Pro - Evaluation A365 setup, workspace, and how to add components (can probably ignore the rest)

  • A365 Workshop - July 4th 2020 A365 follow along guide

    • A365 workshop - July 4th - Part 2

• Designing PCBs:

  • Week 2 - Board Lifecycle - Part 1 Start to finish of board design

    • Week 2 - Board Lifecycle - Part 2

• How to search for and compare components

  • Week 4 - Energy throughout Solar car + Datasheet Breakdown + Digi-key sourcing - Part 1 Datasheet + Digi-key important for component search

    • Week 4 - Energy throughout Solar car + Datasheet Breakdown + Digi-key sourcing - Part 2

• Using Altium

  • Week 2 Schematic capture

  • Week 3 PCB layout

  • Week 3 - F21 Schematic and PCB (updated)

• Design validation

  • Signal Integrity Analyzer Check for noise and distortions in your design

    • Model Assignments for Signal Integrity Analyzer

  • PDN Analyzer Simulate current flow through critical paths

• Finishing design after board review

  • Generating Board Output Files What to do after finishing PCB layout

    • Checklist for Gerbers

    • Release Manager Tool What to do after generating Gerbers

• Working on-site

  • Week 1 Onboarding video - W21 PCB assembly

    • Week 2 Reflow PCB reflow

    • Reflow Oven Operation Instructions

  • Week 3 Test Equipment How to use our equipment

    • Test Equipment

  • Week 4 - Troubleshooting How to troubleshoot boards

  • Crimping Wires How to crimp wires

  • PNP Manual How to use the pick and place machine

• I was assigned a task about this particular board/project

  • Week 3 - FSGP/ASC/WSC Rules and regulations

  • Week 5 - Battery

  • Week 6 - Battery Management System (BMS)

  • Week 7 - Power Budget + Power Select + Power Distribution

  • Week 8 - DC-DC Design + Comparing Converters - Part 1

    • Week 8 - DC-DC Design + Comparing Converters - Part 2

  • Week 9 - Motors - Part 1 (No part 2)

  • Week 10 - Precharge and MCI

  • Week 11 - Solar Array + Solar Sense - Part 1

    • Week 11 - Solar Array + Solar Sense - Part 2

    • Week 11 - Solar Array + Solar Sense - Part 3

  • Week 12 - Charger + Charger Interface Board

  • Week 13 - Controller Board and Driver Controls

  • Week 14 - Lights + Horn

  • Week 15 - Telemetry + GPS