Dashboard Concept Design

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Ultimate goal: To produce a final 2D representation of the dashboard in order to proceed with detailed design.

First hour: Discuss aesthetics, user experience and luxury features

Second hour: Manufacturing and materials

Third hour: Testing and validation and final mockup

• Knee clearance

• We want the dash to be simple

  • If design is too intricate, we probably won’t get it done in time

Things to note:

• Driver display needs to be visible based on steering wheel position

  • Steering wheel hasn’t been designed yet, but we know based on rules and regs that it can’t look like a ferrari wheel

• Don’t want dashboard to obstruct foot pedals

  • Thinking of having the dash end higher up than it would on the passenger side

• Mounting of overhang with top enclosure (pictured below):

  • Black = area we glue overhang for driver display to top dash enclosure

  • Blue = driver display screens

  • Red = enclosures

• Ports on driver side:

• Question: Is infotainment screen going to be mounted vertically or horizontally?

• Idea: Having the screen be adjustable (can move back and forth for versatility)

• Ventilation:

  • This area (pictured below) needs to allow for air flow and also needs to be able to withstand a person’s weight

  • Nothing should be in the way / obstruct it

• Cup holder / phone holder / mask holder:

  • Placed on bottom panel since catamaran cover side is not flush with the bottom panel

• Bottom compartment will be lockable for electronics

• Top compartment is going to be glovebox

• Bottom enclosure for passenger side should extend lower than driver side dash because of the electronics enclosure compartment

• We’ll need a panel to separate the top and bottom enclosure because don’t want personal storage compartment touching electronics

• Ports on passenger side:

• Egress testing

• Waterproofing

• Fireproofing

• Electrical insulation

• User testing

  • Button / screen placement

  • Sight clearance

  • Storage testing (max weight capacity)

  • Luxury items

  • Knee clearance

  • Interference testing

• Mounting / adhesive testing

• Impact testing (foams, safety, etc.)

(creds to Renzo for drawing this TY)