Welcome to the projects page for Midnight Sun 14! Here is where the electrical team will be documenting all of the car's projects. If you're interested in joining one of these projects (active or possible), please contact the lead for that project and add yourself to the corresponding page under "Team members".
Active Projects
| Project | Members |
|---|---|
| Pedal Board | |
| Centre Console | |
| Rear Power Distribution | |
| Front Power Distribution | |
| Motor Controller Interface |
Projects Description
| Project | Details | Members |
|---|---|---|
| BMS Carrier | This board is responsible for protecting the battery. Its responsibilities are:
| HW: Liam Hawkins FW: Arshan Khanifar, Zubair Waheed (Deactivated), Andrew Guo (Unlicensed) |
| Front Power Distribution | This board is responsible for powering other boards. It chooses between aux battery and main battery, and decides who gets power when the car is operating on aux, in a fault, about to turn on/off, etc. It also control the front lights. | |
| Rear Power Distribution | Same as front power board. It controls rear lights, and power of the boards close to the back of the car. | HW: Josh Rong |
| Motor Controller Interface/Precharge | Talks to motor controllers, we control the motors/get motor information through this board. | HW: James L |
| Pedal | Measures the pedal angle. | |
| Steering | Used for measuring steering angle as well as control stalks (lights, signals, horn). | |
| Centre Console | Gets the state of the buttons in the centre console: Power, Drive, Reverse, Idle, etc. | |
| Telemetry/Centre Display/GPS | This is the centre display where the driver can control the car from. | HW: FW: Arshan Khanifar |
| BMS Current Sense | Measures the total current of the battery pack. | HW: Liam Hawkins FW: N/A BMS Carrier talks to it. |
Solar Sense | Measures the cell voltage for solar cells | HW: Aashmika Mali FW: Arshan Khanifar |
Mech Sensor | "Nice to have": Data about "something mechanical" (We haven't decided yet.) | HW: FW: Arshan Khanifar |
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