Notes on DataAcq Presentation

Ishan's Notes

Race Strategy
Sensors
Data used for analysis
New peripheral board

Current:
- IMU (could be used actively in conjunction with motor control?)
- Airflow
- Temperature
- Tire Pressure (could be used for motor control?)

New Sensors
- Brake Pedal (why marked as new?)
 - Should probably be under controls domain
- Steering sensor (useful for two wheel drive software differential)
- Atmo Pressure Sensor
- Humidity Sensor

Telemetry
- Regenerative Braking message over CAN (wouldn't this be encoded within the motor messages?) (what type of data do you want to see)

Dashboard (chase car)
- Not relevant to controls

Race Strategy
- Optimize track stuff
- Will be relevant to controls after this race, to integrate data acq race strategy stuff
- Monitors efficiency of the car
- Every 3 secs, outputs an optimal speed for the vehicle over CarCAN
- Could be integrated into display w/ driver notifications

Notes on Array Presentation

Ishan's Notes

- Power Electronics to track max power point to get most power out of array
- Bigger cells
- Make MISO and MOSI pins actually correct
- 1 RTD chip per 8 sensors with a decoder (with a select pin)

Notes on Power Systems Presentation

Ishan's Notes

- Manufacture HV battery pack
- Improve Battery Pack Safety
- Faster Manufacturing
- Better Power Usage
- Improve charging efficiency between battery and array
- Has there been any noticeable improvements from characterizing each cell individually that would be lost from just taking samples from each box?
- From current characterization stuff, how much do the cells each actually differ in terms of characteristics?

Notes on BPS Presentation

Ishan's Notes

Stuff that may need to be addressed in PDR

Ishan's Notes

- Figure out dist. sensor before PDR so Aeroshell can make cutouts depending on size
- Wire harnessing wants a small board that they have to route less wires to in the back of the car (LIN? CAN?)
- Icons for steering wheel? Coordinate with Ergo to figure out
- Ask Akshay what he was saying to Philip and Steven about Regen stuff