2024-11-30 Leads Meeting

Owned by Carmelli
Last updated: Nov 30, 2024 by Evan McCarthy
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  1. Electrical

    1. Firmware:

      1. FIRMWARE COOP W25: Interviews Dec 3-5. Release rankings by Dec 5 at 8 PM.

      2. Flashing and GPIO’s work on the new controller board! But RTOS is broken Will be fixed today

      3. Published Doxygen Website for Firmware Code Documentation

    2. Strategy

      1. Currently developing telemetry deserializer + database. To be tested with HW next term

      2. Still waiting from ASC for solar API info

    3. Hardware

      1. PCBs arrived, built one controller board for Firmware testing

      2. Little progress on other projects for the rest of this term, all effort to harnessing

  2. Mechanical

    1. W25 Internal Structures Coop → Interviews start Dec 4-6

    2. EOT Design Reviews: Dec 19th-Dec 23th

      1. Rear Hub → select design, drawings ready by Jan 6th

      2. Detachable steering → if design ready, parts will be order over Christmas break

      3. MS16 Developments up to now

    3. MS15.5 VDR revisions over the break

    4. Exteriors Term Wrap-up:

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    5. Internal Term Wrap-up:

      1. MS15.5 Chassis Resim update

        1. solid sims, promising but lets try to continue with mass reduction of systems if possible

        2. Material properties:

          1. 70000psi (480MPa) YS from EMJ

          2. samples to be tested next week

      2. Steering stalk + floor panels to be finalized and ordered over winter break

      3. Aim to finish first pass of chassis end of term

    6. Battery Term Wrap-up:

      1. Cell selection criteria and process + pack config decision process are complete (basically plug & go after regs drop)

      2. Strong core membership acquired and, DRIs on all sub-projects (enclosure, module, cell testing, thermals)

      3. Figured out module quality issue (we didn’t do capacity testing for 15…., lesson learned to def do it for 16 because money money and time)

    7. Dynamics Term Wrap-up:

      1. Parking Brake Rehaul BOM due Dec 13th

      2. Brakes: No interference on MCP 650 caliper we can purchase → confluence page all about this caliper posted (including mounting, caliper specs, etc), check dyn-brakes for info

      3. Rear-Hub: All designs pushed to confluence, FEA was unfortunately not completed for all parts will have to discuss the next steps

      4. FSU: Calculator completed, FSU team will lock down nodal after finals

      5. Steering: Loading calculator started, will be complete before Dec 13th, and will lock over-top and middle nodal before w2025

  3. Operations

    1. website - almost finished → please let me know if you reached out to any sponsors for MSXV & how much they gave us (they might not all be written in the internal book/in the sponsor excel sheet)

    2. We’re going to IEF!! There’s a channel under operations where information will be released

      1. if you haven’t sent me the info, please fill it in asap (today I’m sending in the registration form)

    3. The two posters are finished - will be printed soon

    4. There will be a meeting next week for the stem symposium - if anyone wants to help out with that event who will be there next term please lmk

  4. Other