Meeting Notes - Avionics - 2022-01-17

New Meeting Time

• New meeting times will be Thursday at 7pm

Payload Updates

• FDR

  • Completed 1/15/22

  • suggestions from FDR:

    • internal frame material for heat of VTX, PETG → ABS (or something with higher melting point)

      • look at heat output of VTX (probably experimentally)

    • shock cord between eye bolt and shroud lines, risk of cutting shroud lines on edge of bay

      • e-tape shroud lines (x2 FOS)

    • acrylic walls may get damaged in NM heat/sun

      • @Yevgeniy Gorbachev (RIT Student) says it's fine

      • inside bay/tent, so sun is found

• DARWIN Redesign Progress

  • @Ben Hyman (RIT Student) "pretty much done with it"

  • verify w/ Joe

  • @Billy Siegener (RIT Student) (Deactivated) total changes: add power resistor to 3.3v regulator, 5v rail non-flight critical

  • @Ben Hyman (RIT Student) - DARWIN Revisions IREC-2022

  • See first two action items

  • Sand angle grind DARWIN

    • actually redesign internal mounts with extra clearance for DARWIN@Yevgeniy Gorbachev (RIT Student)

  • DARWIN to LEO - sponsored by RunCam

  • Use CEMA to assemble DARWIN

    • @Ben Hyman (RIT Student) emailed lab staff

IREC Updates

• FDR Scheduled for 1/22/22

• Order DB-9 breakouts soon

  • "DE-9" - @Billy Siegener (RIT Student) (Deactivated) 

• @Yevgeniy Gorbachev (RIT Student) & @Will Merges (RIT Student) meet to work on presentation

Ground Station

• "battery broke" - @Adam Lehman (RIT Student)

  • when output to DC-DC converter drops voltage to ~2v

  • "Low shutdown current for 20V port:200mA "

    • https://www.amazon.com/MAXOAK-50000mAh-Portable-Charger-External/dp/B00YP823NA

NIGEL

• briefly include NIGEL in FDR