Hardware Team Resource Hub

Owned by James L

Last updated: Jul 23, 2022 by tanish shah

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Primary channels to keep an eye on:

#elec-hardware

Schedule

Wednesdays 10 pm - Member task check-in
Saturday 1:00 pm - Discord working sessions
Saturday 1:00 pm for the first few weeks - Onboarding!

Good places to start

About the car: Solar Car Electrical System Knowledge Base
About us: Hardware Subteam Overview [Fall 2024]
Useful hardware resources: Useful HW Resources
Board design life cycle: Board Lifecycle

Onboarding

S20 Info session playlist: Info Session YouTube Playlist
S20 Info session slides and videos: Links to Slides and Knowledge Share Resources - S20
F20 Onboarding: Links to Onboarding Slides - F20
W21 On-site onboarding: HW On-site Onboarding Schedule - W21
F21 Onboarding: HW Onboarding Schedule - F21
A365: A365

Other

Equipment available in the bay: Test Equipment
Hardware 101 and finding parts on Digi-key: Hardware 101
How to use JIRA: Using JIRA
Crimping: Crimping Wires

Topic Specific Search

Circuits review and general solar car knowledge:
- Week 1 First-year circuits review
- Week 2 - F21 First-year circuits review (updated)
- https://uwmidsun.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ELEC/pages/1876688918
- Solar Car Electrical System Knowledge Base
  - https://uwmidsun.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ELEC/pages/1419542918 High-level overview of the car (no part 2)
Setting up A365
- https://uwmidsun.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ELEC/pages/1120075785 A365 setup, workspace, and how to add components (can probably ignore the rest)
- https://uwmidsun.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ELEC/pages/1391395054 A365 follow along guide
  - https://uwmidsun.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ELEC/pages/1482162325
Designing PCBs:
- https://uwmidsun.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ELEC/pages/1419739667 Start to finish of board design
  - https://uwmidsun.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ELEC/pages/1457913964
How to search for and compare components
- https://uwmidsun.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ELEC/pages/1419739692 Datasheet + Digi-key important for component search
  - https://uwmidsun.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ELEC/pages/1482227967
Using Altium
- https://uwmidsun.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ELEC/pages/1686077954 Schematic capture
- https://uwmidsun.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ELEC/pages/1686077972 PCB layout
- https://uwmidsun.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ELEC/pages/2897248272 Schematic and PCB (updated)
Design validation
- https://uwmidsun.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ELEC/pages/1410040059 Check for noise and distortions in your design
  - https://uwmidsun.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ELEC/pages/1620246593
- https://uwmidsun.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ELEC/pages/1419739276 Simulate current flow through critical paths
Finishing design after board review
- https://uwmidsun.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ELEC/pages/2004516876 What to do after finishing PCB layout
  - https://uwmidsun.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ELEC/pages/923303949
  - https://uwmidsun.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ELEC/pages/2058944525 What to do after generating Gerbers
Working on-site
- https://uwmidsun.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ELEC/pages/2067792067 PCB assembly
  - https://uwmidsun.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ELEC/pages/2067792125 PCB reflow
  - https://uwmidsun.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ELEC/pages/911474728
- https://uwmidsun.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ELEC/pages/2092335205 How to use our equipment
  - Test Equipment
- https://uwmidsun.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ELEC/pages/2119237826 How to troubleshoot boards
- Crimping Wires How to crimp wires
- https://uwmidsun.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ELEC/pages/2898395145 How to use the pick and place machine
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