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Task | Estimated Time Needed |
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Attending First General, Mech 101, and first Battery Box check-in | 3.5 hours total |
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Working through Intro Project | 4 hours per week for 3 weeks (12 hours total) |
Current Projects
These are the main tasks we have yet to do in Fall 2023. We’ll try to assign everyone to the task they’re most interested in! More details can be found in each task’s Trello card (ask Donna if you need someone to add you to Trello) and by contacting each task’s project lead.
Project | Description | More Information |
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Auxiliary Battery | Smaller battery pack separate from the main batteries. Serves several purposes:
Relevant tasks: | Project Lead: Darton Li For more information: |
Battery Module | Our main battery pack is made up of 9 modules connected in series, with each module being made up of Li-ion 21700 cells in a 4S8P configuration. Relevant tasks:
| Project Lead: Donna Kim For more information:
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BMS (Battery Management System) | Battery packs are dangerous to use without an electrical system that checks its health/state (temperature, current, voltage, charge balance). The BMS actively keeps track of the state of the modules and actively protects the cells while also informing the driver of the state of the pack. Relevant tasks:
| Project Lead: Jenna K. For more information: |
Enclosure | The enclosure is the box that holds the main battery pack and also the BMS boards. Relevant tasks:
| Project Lead: Nicole Choe (You can also contact Shem Kim if Nicole is busy/unavailable) For more information: |
Telemetry | Our Strategy team uses data about the battery pack to figure out how to optimally use the energy we have stored. They will be following our car in a separate car (not a solar car, just an ordinary one), getting sent this data and communicating with the driver during the race. We have to send this data wirelessly to the car, which is what Telemetry is about. | Project Lead: Katharine Laughton For more information:
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This is just a brief overview of the projects we’re working on. As you can see, Battery Box is a cool mix of Mechanical, Software, and Electrical engineering (perfect for Trons, anyone interested in branching out to other engineering fields, or if you’re just trying to diversify your tool box). Fall 2023 is when we’re going really heavy into the manufacturing phase for our sub-team, so it’s going to be a great way to get hands on experience + some design work as well!
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