Meeting Notes - Avionics - 2022-03-17

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Updates from the past (2) weeks
  • 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
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  • 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
  • putting together final BOMs of parts we still need
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  • NIGEL
    • going of lt spice PMOS simulation
    • need parts, out of stock but we have some (Ben has them)
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  • want to review NIGEL schematics before starting
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  • 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

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