Meeting Notes - Avionics - 2022-03-17

Updates from the past (2) weeks

@Yevgeniy Gorbachev (RIT Alumni) 

• Ground Station CAD nearly done

• Payload chute bay lid nearly done, @Grace Dertinger (RIT Alumni) manufacturing

• payload internals printed by Matt

  • need the VTX/DARWIN sled printed again because DARWIN hole spacing changed

• avionics bay manufacturing started

  • laser cutter rotary axis was off, fixed now

  • sent prints to Matt

Updates from the past (2) weeks

@Will Merges (RIT Alumni) 

• ran IEPE test on DAQ with waveform generator

  • results look good

  • fixed firmware bug, ENA register was not being written to correctly

  • IEPE and CL interfaces tested now, can't generate small enough signal (~5mV) to test fullbridges

  • tried to test fullbridge interface with load cell, saw a lot of noise (verified by o-scope), think the cabling was poor

• did not hear back from Jeff about DARWIN lab access

  • @Ben Hyman (RIT Alumni) followed up again with no response

• putting together final BOMs of parts we still need

Updates from the past (2) weeks

@Ben Hyman (RIT Alumni) 

• emailed Jeff at CEMA lab

  • @Will Merges (RIT Alumni) stop by office

• should order ICs for NIGEL

• not here on Saturday (can't zoom)

Updates from the past (2) weeks

@Adam Lehman (RIT Student) 

• NIGEL

  • going of lt spice PMOS simulation

  • need parts, out of stock but we have some (Ben has them)

Updates from the past (2) weeks

@John Ye (RIT Alumni) 

• want to review NIGEL schematics before starting

Updates from the past (2) weeks

@Aaron Chan (RIT Student) 

• ms5611 and bmi08x headers and C files in NIGEL

• started runcam protocol library

Plan for Saturday

• NIGEL schematic review

  • want to get Joe over Zoom

• hold off on DARWIN until Ben here

• NIGEL documentation dump

• payload thermal testing / making the wiring harness

• RRC3 vaccuum testing