The hardware team at Midnight Sun is responsible for all of the electrical systems that drive and control our vehicle. This includes the design, manufacturing and assembly and much more summarized under Hardware Project Overview [MSXV]
Upcoming Sessions/Meetings
Upcoming 101 | TBAHW 101 - Saturday September 9th @2:00PM [TENTATIVE] |
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Weekly Meetings | Standup: Weekly on Wednesdays at 9:00pm |
Fall 2023 Term Projects
On-boarding | Hardware Tutorial + New member design competitionsystems overview, Altium 101 Tutorial, new-member design challenge |
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PCB Layout Design | Altium PCB design for any of our unfinished boards |
Validation + Assembly | Perform board bring up for our boards that have been sent out and begin hardware validation Get hands on in building one of our boards, and then validate that it works |
Vehicle Harness | Planning + manufacturing of the vehicle harness |
PVDR/VDR | Comprehensive design report including technical documents of the electrical system |
To take on any of the above tasks, attend stand-ups and we’ll get you started :D
Your Fall 2023 Leads
Alastair - Technical Lead Alastair Correya
Hey everyone! I’m Alastair and I’m currently in 3B of Computer Engineering. I’ve been a part of Midnight Sun since September 2020 and can certainly say it’s been a rewarding experience since then. I hope to meet a bunch of y’all online as well as on-campus for a bunch of onsite work (or just randomly for fun)
Talk to Me About
Any questions you have about the car
Any crazy idea you might have! I would love to learn more
Sports
Pop music
How The Office gets funnier each time you watch it
Forest - Technical Lead Forest Zhou
Hey I’m Forest, a 2B EE student who’s been on the team since my 1A term. Definitely let me know how I can help you get the most out of joining the team!
Talk to Me About
Anything hardware (coop included)
School
Life
Cycling
Jonathan- Technical Lead Jonathan Xie
Heyo, I’m Jonathan, a 2A Tron, and I joined the team as a little 1A with negative hardware knowledge, but I suppose that changed over a year. Midsun has a super friendly and supportive environment with so many opportunities for personal growth - take one step at a time, and before you know it, you’ll have walked a mile :D
You might also see me in the bay doing Mech Dynamics stuff, so if you’re wondering whether being on 2 teams is feasible, the answer is 100% yes!
Talk to Me About
Anything Midsun related 🚗 ☀️
Food! 🍲
Pokemon 🔥
What I carry in my fanny pack 🤔
here is one of my evil birds
Nita - Advisor (Former Technical Lead)Nita E
About Me
Hi, I’m Nita and I have been on the hardware team since January of 2019. I just graduated ECE this past year and now hang around E5 as a grad student. I somehow became a lead by sticking around long enough and not breaking too much stuff, so that’s pretty cool.
I have worked on charger interface, power select, and all of the lights boards for MSXIV since joining.
Talk to Me About
General questions (system overview, manufacturing, tasks etc.)
ECE stuff/electrical hardware theory
Walking
Sitting
Breathing
Other human stuff
Skills to Thrive on the Subteam
Eagerness to learn
Willingness to learn/being persistent → hardware is a learning curve but overcoming it is rewarding
Time management - working on a design team and school is always a balancing act
Interest in electrical systems and manufacturing
Helpful links
Jira (Project Tracking): https://uwmidsun.atlassian.net/jira/software/projects/MSXVHW/boards/26
Project Summary/Related Link: Hardware Project Overview [MSXV]