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Primary channels to keep an eye on:
#elec-hardware
#elec-class-s2021 (New channel for encouraging new member questions and discussions!)
#general
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: Intro to Solar Car Electrical Systems
About us: Hardware Subteam Overview
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)
Intro to Solar Car Electrical Systems
Week 1 - Electrical Systems Overview - Part 1 High-level overview of the car (no part 2)
Setting up A365
Altium 365 + Concord Pro - Evaluation A365 setup, workspace, and how to add components (can probably ignore the rest)
A365 Workshop - July 4th 2020 A365 follow along guide
Designing PCBs:
Week 2 - Board Lifecycle - Part 1 Start to finish of board design
How to search for and compare components
Week 4 - Energy throughout Solar car + Datasheet Breakdown + Digi-key sourcing - Part 1 Datasheet + Digi-key important for component search
Using Altium
Week 2 Schematic capture
Week 3 PCB layout
Week 3 - F21 Schematic and PCB (updated)
Design validation
Signal Integrity Analyzer Check for noise and distortions in your design
PDN Analyzer Simulate current flow through critical paths
Finishing design after board review
Generating Board Output Files What to do after finishing PCB layout
Release Manager Tool What to do after generating Gerbers
Working on-site
Week 1 Onboarding video - W21 PCB assembly
Week 3 Test Equipment How to use our equipment
Week 4 - Troubleshooting How to troubleshoot boards
Crimping Wires How to crimp wires
PNP Manual How to use the pick and place machine
I was assigned a task about this particular board/project
Week 9 - Motors - Part 1 (No part 2)