This week I focused on doing more research about the mechanics of the vehicle. During my research I was able to finalize two potential motor driver design which we will filter down to one by the end of next week. In addition to this, I also started working on a CAD model for the vehicle. We found the we may end up being pressed for space on a traditional RC Kit size so we opted to create our own slightly larger design. Lastly I began testing some of the hardware we plan on using to drive the motors. An interesting find is that there is a 2v drop with the motor controllers which we may have to compensate for to get the speeds we are looking for. This will require some research about how best to go about power delivery for all the vehicle systems.
Carnegie Mellon ECE Capstone, Spring 2021 – Joel Anyanti, Fausto Leyva, Jeffrey Tsaw