weekly_hardware_meetings:february_11_2015

Hardware Meeting - February 11, 2015

Attended: Andy, Zach, Conrad, Jon, Alex, Christie

Enclosure

  • Need someone to take on this task

Goals

  • Finish Cranberry and deploy weatherbox by spring break
  • Deploy 5 boxes by end of semester

Parts

  • Ordering parts goes through Liane
  • Funding from Dr. Kuh

Reflow Oven

  • Will be using Garmire’s reflow oven
    • Infrared oven

Weatherbox

  • Can finish box board by next week
    • Jon can take parts to Garmire’s lab and use reflow oven to solder parts
    • 2 QFNs, capacitors, and resistors
  • Need to come up with Gantt chart by next week’s meeting
    • At least until spring break
  • Test PCBs need to be made
    • Conrad and Jon will work on this

Tree Monitor

  • Alex will be working on this problem
    • Will work on PCB outline tomorrow, 2/12
    • Kenny thinking of using Fritzing instead of Eagle

Review of Weatherbox boards

  • I/O board (main board)
    • UART- hardware and software line
    • XBEE
    • Microprocessor- ATMEGA
    • Solar charger
  • Everything runs on 3.3V
  • Standard Bus line
    • ISP
    • Reset
    • Debugging
  • Sensor board
    • Solar irradiance
    • Analog to digital using 16 bit ADC
    • I2C

Weekly Work Schedule

  • Conrad and Jon will come in on Mondays

Authors

Contributing authors:

cobatake zdorman

Created by zdorman on 2015/09/29 00:10.

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