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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] Theory of Operation - MSXV Hardware

Upcoming Sessions/Meetings

Upcoming 101

HW Onboarding 101 -

Saturday September 9th @2:00PM [TENTATIVE]

Tuesday September 10th @6:00pm - 9:00pm

Weekly Meetings

Standup: Weekly on

Wednesdays

Tuesdays at

9

6:00pm
Work session:

TBA

 

Fall 2023

Tuesdays 6:00pm and Informally on Saturdays

Fall 2024 Term Projects

On-boarding

Hardware systems overview,

Altium 101 Tutorial,

new-member electrical design challenge, and PCB design challenge/workshop

PCB Layout Design

Altium PCB

design

PVDR/VDR

Comprehensive design report including technical documents of the electrical system

schematic capture/layout for any of our unfinished boards

Validation + Assembly

Get hands on in building one of our boards, and then validate that it works

Vehicle Harness

Planning + manufacturing of the vehicle harness

Refining vehicle cable harnessing, includes crimping/investigation of ways to improve water-proofing.

Design Research

Investigating components/research ideas for board improvements and architectural-level optimizations.

To take on any of the above tasks, attend stand-ups and we’ll get you started :D

Your Fall

2023

2024 Leads

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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

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Forest - Technical Lead
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Forest - Electrical Project Manager Forest Zhou

Hey I’m Forest, a 2B 3B 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

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Jonathan

Aden -

Technical

Electrical Lead

Jonathan Xie

Aden Chu

HeyoHiya, I’m Aden! 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 :DYou 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% yesa 2B EE student who joined after the 1B term. I’ve always loved electronics/anything STEM related since I was very young. I love talking and sharing things with people, so I’m always around to guide. Midsun has been a great community to meet people and learn new things, so I hope you enjoy it as well!

Talk to Me About

  • Anything Midsun related 🚗 ☀️

  • Food! 🍲

  • Pokemon 🔥

  • What I carry in my fanny pack 🤔

here is one of my evil birds

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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

  • STEM related, including school(quite literally, anything lol)

  • Life away from home

  • Music & Instruments

  • Video Games, Computers, Video editing

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Evan- Electrical Lead Evan McCarthy

Hi, I’m Evan! I’m in 2A CE, and I’ve been on the team since I started 1A. I’ve learned almost everything I know about electronics through Midnight Sun, and I hope we can help you to improve your skills and build a great car!

Talk to Me About

  • Cooking

  • BMS systems

  • Anything!

Skills to Thrive on the Subteam

  • Eagerness to learn

  • Willingness to learn/being persistent Perseverance → 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 manufacturingthings such as PCBA capture/system integration

Jira (Project Tracking): https://uwmidsun.atlassian.net/jira/software/projects/MSXVHW/boards/26

Project Summary/Related Link: Hardware Project Overview [MSXV] Theory of Operation - MSXV Hardware