2021-10-25 Meeting Notes - VOID Payload

Last Week's Meeting Notes

 Purchasing

•  Putting in an order tonight

  • https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/182Gl2FSx-Gu-L-NGM2_bXQpAiqzQucknb3fp_3bxhKI/edit?usp=sharing

Design Freeze

• DARWIN done, ready to be ordered

  • one more pass, check for safety, check with Yev

  • wishlist

    • ground/return broken out? (already one next to XBee reset, another would be nice)

    • +/- polarity label on battery connectors and camera power (battery connectors should only go in one way)

    • label tx/rx on camera UARTs

    • get access to surface mount lab ahead of time? email lab guy (ask Kenny)

    • who's gonna fab it? JLC?

    • make connectors vertical rather than perpendicular (still want locking ones), not a huge deal but more convenient

      • https://www.molex.com/molex/products/part-detail/pcb_headers/1718560002

    • LED indicator (or have the XBee spit packets to us)

      • add an LED (neopixel?) to XBee GPIO - nice for debugging too

Future Plans

• get everyone HAM licensed

  • MIT online in November