Jayhawk Motorsports (JMS)
KU's Formula SAE Team
Sep 2024 - Dec 2024
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What I learned:
How to use Altium Designer for basic PCB design
Integrating and improving on new PCB designs from previous year's designs
Collaborating with a team
Manual Board Testing
All of the PCBs for the car required manually safety testing. I was in charge of testing a few of these boards using breadboard prototypes
BSPD Testing Board
The process for this was very similar to the Precharge Testing Board. The Brake System Plausibility Device (BSPD) board is intended to prevent the driver from pressing the brake pedal and accelerator pedal at the same time. This testing board is meant to emulate the pedals of the car, allowing for testing of the BSPD PCB.
Goals:
Made the board layout easy to read and intuitive to use
Use silkscreen graphics to assist user
Precharge Testing Board
To prevent some super capacitors in the car from experiencing a high transient voltage when connected to the car's accumulator (battery pack), a board to precharge the super capacitors had to be designed. I was in charge of creating a reliable testing board for this, to ensure that the precharge board met safety requirements and functioned as intended.
Goals:
Focused on making board readable for easy debugging
Creating back silkscreen to give easy to use instructions without needing to reference Altium
Front of board
Back of board
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