MTE 482 - Week 13
Mar 30 - April 5
Key Things Completed
- Working on and testing fixes and workarounds for motor controller integration bugs.
- Final Report.
MTE 482 - Week 12
Mar 23 - Mar 29
Key Things Completed
- Continued troubleshooting motor controller communications.
MTE 482 - Week 11
Mar 16 - Mar 22
Key Things Completed
- Capstone Symposium.
- Final battery pack assembly and testing.
- Enclosure shell assembly completed.
- Grip tape applied - the board looks sick now.
- Final firmware integration work, started working on motor controller integration bugs.
- Replacement buck converter installed only to break again right away.
MTE 482 - Week 10
Mar 9 - Mar 15
Key Things Completed
- Capstone demonstration to professors.
- Overall product software completed.
- Minor aesthetic updates to remote.
- Longboard deck is cleaned up, sanded and painted.
- Suspension assembly complete.
- First test ride successful under manual propulsion.
- Battery module assembly and welding completed.
- Enclosure manufacturing and preliminary assembly completed
- Motor controller stopped working on one side and then the other.
- 48V - 19V buck converter stopped working.
MTE 482 - Week 9
Mar 2 - Mar 8
Key Things Completed
- Remote control firmware and integration complete.
- Thermal PCB soldering complete.
- LED circuitry bench tested.
- Thermistor interfaces added to battery module design.
- Continued 3D printing of battery and mounting components.
- Aesthetic design of enclosure parts.
- Received machined suspension parts from E3 and springs.
- Spot welding trials and test parts completed
MTE 482 - Week 8
Feb 23 - Mar 1
Key Things Completed
- Main DigiKey order placed.
- Busbar machining order kicked off.
- Design lock for battery and hardware mounts.
- Battery pack wiring configuration and enclosure packaging updated.
- Beginning of 3D printing for hardware components.
- Completed additional machining.
- Completed firmware development in preparation for on-hardware testing.
MTE 482 - Week 7
Feb 16 - Feb 22
Key Things Completed
- Reading week - Team took some R&R.
- Hardware assembly and mounts updated to reflect architecture changes.
- Preliminary design for enclosure shell and connector components.
- PCBs ordered.
- Started machining additional suspension components.
MTE 482 - Week 6
Feb 9 - Feb 15
Key Things Completed
- PCB layouts finalized.
- Battery module mounting and assembly strategy completed.
- Remote enclosure design is released.
- Completed design of suspension dynamics.
- Kicked off suspension manufacturing at E3.
MTE 482 - Week 5
Feb 2 - Feb 8
Key Things Completed
- RobotShop order placed.
- Jetson electrical bench testing.
- Some LV system redesign of power supply to two different voltages to the Jetson and ESP32.
- Continued hardware mount design work.
- Lots of PCB design in the works.
- Continued work on suspension dynamics.
- Created drawings for suspension manufacturing.
MTE 482 - Week 4
Jan 26 - Feb 1
Key Things Completed
- BMS bench testing complete.
- Battery module design refinements.
- Completed battery cell characterization.
- Completed suspension redesign.
- Continued work on suspension dynamics.
- Began suspension component procurement.
MTE 482 - Week 3
Jan 19 - Jan 25
Key Things Completed
- HV harnessing design revisions.
- Major battery pack configuration redesign (6p -> 4p).
- Continued suspension redesign (spring seats).
- Began work on dynamics design and spring rate validation.
MTE 482 - Week 2
Jan 12 - Jan 18
Key Things Completed
- Motor controller bench testing complete.
- Began battery cell characterization and testing.
- Began space allocation for hardware enclosure.
- Continued suspension redesign (hanger, knuckles).
- Began off-device testing of software.
MTE 482 - Week 1
Jan 5 - Jan 11
Key Things Completed
- HV component testing (BMS, motor controller).
- Initial design of hardware mount interfaces.
- Continued suspension redesign (linkages, carriage).
- Resumed software architecture design and implementation.
MTE 481 - Week 12
Dec 1 - Dec 7
Key Things Completed
- Created battery pack electrical layout.
- Completed V2 suspension subframe CAD and generated latest renders.
- Prepared and submitted final design report.
- Website updates.
- -- End of MTE 481 --
MTE 481 - Week 11
Nov 24 - Nov 30
Key Things Completed
- Implemented software task management architecture.
- Revised hardware design.
- Ordered key hardware components to arrive in time for preliminary bench testing.
- Connector material research and initial sourcing for the battery system.
- Ordered wheels.
MTE 481 - Week 10
Nov 17 - Nov 23
Key Things Completed
- Completed initial detail design for each subsystem.
- Completed hardware design.
- Prepared Final Design Presentation.
- Website updates.
MTE 481 - Week 9
Nov 10 - Nov 16
Key Things Completed
- Finalized motor selection and battery back layout.
- Completed suspension linkage design and V2 CAD.
- Finished hardware selection.
- Started software implementation.
MTE 481 - Week 8
Nov 3 - Nov 9
Key Things Completed
- Completed HV (motor and battery) analysis.
- Software architecture design.
- Continued hardware system design.
- Website updates.
- Continued V2 suspension CAD.
MTE 481 - Week 7
Oct 27 - Nov 2
Key Things Completed
- Continued hardware system design.
- Initial battery system design, including sourcing of 18650 Li-Ion cells.
- Began V2 suspension CAD with re-tuned suspension package layout.
MTE 481 - Week 6
Oct 20 - Oct 26
Key Things Completed
- Preliminary Design Presentation.
- Began hardware parts selection and architecture design.
- Began development of PSD road profiler for suspension tuning.
- Continued V1 suspension CAD.
MTE 481 - Week 5
Oct 13 - Oct 19
Key Things Completed
- Wrote Preliminary Design Presentation.
- Further research into solutions for product subsystems.
- Investigation of potential battery cell solutions.
- Investigation of suspension setups using visualization tool.
- Began V1 suspension CAD.
- Website updates.
MTE 481 - Week 4
Oct 6 - Oct 12
Key Things Completed
- Preparatory work for Preliminary Design Presentation.
- Continued research and preliminary design work on product subsystems.
- Research on high level battery pack principles and design practices.
- Began development of suspension geometry visualization tool.
MTE 481 - Week 3
Sep 29 - Oct 5
Key Things Completed
- Explored existing solutions to determine key gaps and potential innovations.
- Compared and selected which solutions and systems to begin development on.
- Preliminary research into the technical requirements behind each system.
MTE 481 - Week 2
Sep 22 - 28
Key Things Completed
- Conducted needs analysis and identified areas for improvements on existing solutions.
- Researched potential solutions and existing patents.
- Website updates.
MTE 481 - Week 1
Sep 15 - 21
Key Things Completed
- Selected and finalized the problem to address.
- Identified needs, criteria, and constraints for the problem.
- Made website.