Week 10 Spring Break

This week is spring break! As we are waiting for the parts to come in, we can take a small break before we get busy. We also ordered some pinewood for our electronics box. We have started the slides for Presentation 2, which we need to finish it by the end of spring break and present it next week on 4/4.

Week 9 Motor and Motor controller Purchase

Finally, our budget got approved and we can start buying our parts. We purchased a brushless motor from goldenmotor.com and it will probably take 10 days to come in. The motor is rated 1500W and it way more than enough for our project. We also placed an order on Kelly control for our motor control. The model of the controller is KEB48201X which withstand up to 150A of current. It should be more than enough for our project.

Week 8 general seminar section

Today we had a general seminar section for our Engr195B class. We talked about the second essay that we need for Engr195B and how the analysis helps us to develop a professional career. After the general section, we headed to the workshop and continued to work on the SolidWorks drawing for the electronics. We decided to use pinewood and wood glue to make the box, and it shouldn't be that hard.

Week 7 Solidwork drawing

Since we have decided to make a battery mount on the bogie, I have made a drawing in Solidwork. Here is a snapshot of what I made last week. There is a hole on each layer for cable management. 4 holes for bolting it on to the bogie. The model meets what we need for our control system. I will keep working on it to make a better design.