Getting Started
Welcome to the Electrical space!
As part of the Electrical team, you'll be working with the electrical systems of the car. We're responsible for
- battery protection
- battery charging
- power distribution
- driver controls
- controlling motor controllers
- telemetry
- lights
- gps
For an electrical overview of how a solar car works, please refer to the Solar Car Electrical System Knowledge Base. Do note that this is from an older vehicle cycle so the exact specs of the cars mentioned are not fully accurate, but the general system architecture should stay the same
Also, please checkout the hardware knowledge shares and general electrical knowledge spaces to find more information
Hardware
We design and assemble all of our circuits ourselves. Our hardware team handles circuit design, PCB layout, board bring-up, and hardware debugging.
To get started, please refer to the following pages:
- Hardware Team Resource Hub
- Hardware 101
- Rules & Guidelines
- Using Altium Designer
- Version Control and Workflow