Presentations

Shown to the right is an exposition to electrical design, and should clarify a few fundamental points which outline the electrical design process. For starters, it will illustrate a few of the building blocks of electricity (voltage, current, resistance), as well as delve into the purpose of the different processes which go into a finished electrical circuit. It will showcase an array of component symbols which you may encounter, and provide information about the purpose of each one, and then it will tell you how to access the documentation required for this Fabrication Night.

Note: This presentation should be given by the Team Lead as people transition into the workshop. It should serve as a jumping-off-point, and contains helpful information in the 'Speaker Notes'

This presentation serves to introduce concepts of electromagnetism as a building block to understanding the electric motor. Starting at the atomic level, it eases viewers into learning about electromagnetic induction, electrical-to-rotational transducers, and ultimately the different types of electric motors which employ a wide variety of methods to achieve movement. Then, without getting to in-the-weeds, the function of a motor controller is introduced as a digital signal processor. In the scope of our project we are using a purchased controller, so we will not be designing our own control algorithm. It is still good to be aware of common control methods  such as pulse-width-modulation. Finally, we'll break down our 2023 Schematics and see the Motor-to-Motor-Controller Circuit, then discuss which rules pertain to these components.