Meeting Notes - Avionics - 2023-02-01

Backplane

@Billy Siegener (RIT Student) (Deactivated) 

Done:

TODO:

Power

@James May (RIT Student) 

Done:

• Voltage Sense

• Current Sense

• Top level

TODO:

• TVS diodes

• Resolve comments

Radio

@Dante Sivo (RIT Student) 

Done:

TODO:

• Add status LEDs

• Verify UART TX/RX swapping with Aaron and Ben

• Need to verify that all of the components are from the launch library

  C2, C13

  C3, C4, C12....

  C5

  J2, J4

  J6, J7

  L1

  R1, R2

  R3, R6, R7, R9

  R25

  U1

  U4

Sensor

@Louis Fleisher (RIT Student) 

@Mary Dertinger (RIT Student) 

Done: 

• Sensor schematics

• Fuse spec/implementation  

• ESD protection 

TODO:

• Finish unresolved comments on STM32 and backplane interface.

• Finish spec Tvs diode (can we use bidirectional on power rail?)

• Review ESD protection and fuse spec/implementation 

Autopilot

@Ben Hyman (RIT Student) 

Done:

• Added ESD, fuse, and reverse polarity protection

• Finished layout

TODO:

• Review schematic

• Review layout

Software

@Aaron Chan (RIT Student) 

Done:

• Teach kids about pointers

• Teach kids about inheritance

• Can (sort of) read from ADXL375

TODO:

• Get working software

Establish timeline

@Yevgeniy Gorbachev (RIT Student) 

Feb 4, 2023

• Schematics done.

• Layout work session.

• Pinout sent for review.

Feb 11, 2023

• Layout first-round review

Feb 18, 2023 

• Layout final review

• Order boards

Mar 4, 2023 

• 2-week JLC lead-time

Apr 1, 2023 

• 1-month hardware & software integration