Please start a post in the #hw-onboarding forum pinging @Hardware Lead indicating that you’d like to start your onboarding process! Include your Waterloo email so we can give you access to our workspace.
Altium Account
Once you get an invitation to the workspace, there are a few additional steps to get access to a license.
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On your profile page, you will have the option to request to join an organization. Scroll down a bit to find “Americas - Midnight Sun Solar Car Team” and put in a request. Once the request is approved, you should be able to log in to the Altium application have have access to an application license.
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Installing Altium
[Coming Soon! Hopefully covered in HW101.]
Navigating the UI
Most UI elements you will interact with are housed in “Panels”. They are synonymous with windows, you can resize them and drag them around, even off to a second screen. You can select which ones are visible using the panels tab in the bottom right corner.
Project
You will be creating a board out of the simple “battery tester” circuit that you’ve seen in Hardware 101. When powered off a 12V source, a battery can be connected to see if it is between 10V and 15V. If it is not, an indicator light will illuminate to show the error.
Creating a new project
In the Altium program:
Create a project by right clicking on the Midnight Sun workspace in the projects panel (usually on the left of the screen)
Set the project name to “<term> <waterloo-userid>”, ie. “F24 f39zhou”
Leave version control checked, and constraint manager unchecked
Under advanced options, click the 3 dots for the folder location and select Projects → Onboarding
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