Team Meeting to Review Outcomes

After a meeting with Eric and further discussion with the team, below outlines the expected goals for the rest of this semester.

1. Abandon solar tracking portion of the project
2. Further calculate and measure energy consumption of bogies
3. Calculate and measure energy produced by solar panels
4. Charging equipment: circuit diagram, calculations, organization of wiring schematic, quick disconnects, revise wire sizing according to NEMA standards for safety
5. Redesign framework using ribs made from prebent aluminum bars produced by the manufacturing team and box frame made from aluminum stock similar to the track.
6. Design detachable panel to mount charging equipment onto solar panel framework
7. Test every piece of equipment to ensure compatibility and functionality.

Additional revisions to these outlines will include finer details and steps to complete task along with members responsible for each task.

Week 10/19 - 10/26

We spend all week preparing for Presentation 2

WEEK 10/12 to 10/18

• This week we measured both current and voltage of the bogie.
• We are still working for a letter template for sponsorship.
• We got familiarized with the specification of the charging controller SKYRC IMAX B6AC V2, and are attempting to start calculations.

Minutes from Saturday Meeting

Monday Agenda:

Execute test on bogie for voltage and current draw.

Figure out how to continuously run bogie at max load.

Begin calculations with data obtained to expolate for 24 hours

Compile list of component that draw power on bogie

Sponsorship:

Compile list of solar companies

Find contacts

Refine letter

Solar Tracking:

Prototype idea

Pseudocode

Split weekly blog responsibilities

Preperation for 10/5 Presentations

Updated Gant Chart

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ohp6Y3q-qVPcegaHiYf-0ACPdmJpzVYYciGi4TYRckA/pubhtml

LINK TO GANTT CHART

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ohp6Y3q-qVPcegaHiYf-0ACPdmJpzVYYciGi4TYRckA/edit?usp=sharing