Work Day 3.11.19

Work Day 

Date: 3.11.19
Location: Logan HS
Time: 10:00-Noon
Goal: Finalize storage system and work on the design for the production prototype.
Students: Seth, Austin, Alex, Caitlin, Thomas, Avery

Today the students had a day off school due to PTC but came in anyway from 10-Noon. We needed to work on the "production concept" which is just a 3d printed model of what we envision the final prototype to look like. We also needed to finish the storage circuit with the super caps in place.

Alex worked on the storage circuit which is very time consuming as it needs to include the rectifiers (a lot of diodes) to function. These components all had to be put in individually and then soldered in place.

We have the App controls worked out to include an on/off, voltage monitor coming into the Buck Boost system and battery life in the form of a percent.

We are beginning to switch gears to incorporate time for patent writing and final testing. What we want to get from our final testing is the time it takes to charge the Smart Puck battery in how many foot cycles.

Thomas demonstrating the size of some of the surface mount components that we are working with.

Seth getting some measurements for the production concept model.

Alex soldering some surface mount components and jumper to the bottom of the buck boost board. As you can see, this is very detailed work.

Austin and Avery working on the Nano BlueTooth module.

Schematic showing the LTC modification that we are building.