{"id":117,"date":"2024-03-24T01:50:55","date_gmt":"2024-03-24T01:50:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/course.ece.cmu.edu\/~ece500\/projects\/s24-teama1\/?p=117"},"modified":"2024-03-24T01:50:55","modified_gmt":"2024-03-24T01:50:55","slug":"corrado-goveas-status-report-for-march-23rd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/course.ece.cmu.edu\/~ece500\/projects\/s24-teama1\/2024\/03\/24\/corrado-goveas-status-report-for-march-23rd\/","title":{"rendered":"Corrado Govea\u2019s Status Report for March 23rd"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span class=\"textLayer--absolute\" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">This week\u2019s<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"textLayer--absolute\" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">accomplishments<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This week I made some major modifications to the power management PCB.\n<ul>\n<li>Initially, I had designed a special circuit to do zero-crossing detection for the triac. This would require having a separate Arduino code to handle the zero-crossing detection and actuate the triac gate.\n<ul>\n<li>After some research, I found a newer version of the triac driver that I had selected, which has zero-crossing detection incorporated. This allowed me to remove the entire detection circuit.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>I also re-did the layout with much thicker traces for the HV side of the board, and changed some components that were not rated for 120VAC.<\/li>\n<li>Lastly, I compressed the layout in size to reduce the PCB cost from &gt;$60 to just $2 for qty 5.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>I also submitted the purchase forms for both the PCB and the components (smd for pcb and through-hole for prototyping).<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-123\" src=\"http:\/\/course.ece.cmu.edu\/~ece500\/projects\/s24-teama1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/268\/2024\/03\/Screen-Shot-2024-03-23-at-9.32.51-PM-300x141.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"574\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"http:\/\/course.ece.cmu.edu\/~ece500\/projects\/s24-teama1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/268\/2024\/03\/Screen-Shot-2024-03-23-at-9.32.51-PM-300x141.png 300w, http:\/\/course.ece.cmu.edu\/~ece500\/projects\/s24-teama1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/268\/2024\/03\/Screen-Shot-2024-03-23-at-9.32.51-PM-768x361.png 768w, http:\/\/course.ece.cmu.edu\/~ece500\/projects\/s24-teama1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/268\/2024\/03\/Screen-Shot-2024-03-23-at-9.32.51-PM-1024x481.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 574px) 100vw, 574px\" \/>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-121\" src=\"http:\/\/course.ece.cmu.edu\/~ece500\/projects\/s24-teama1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/268\/2024\/03\/Screen-Shot-2024-03-23-at-9.27.42-PM-300x295.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"407\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/course.ece.cmu.edu\/~ece500\/projects\/s24-teama1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/268\/2024\/03\/Screen-Shot-2024-03-23-at-9.27.42-PM-300x295.png 300w, http:\/\/course.ece.cmu.edu\/~ece500\/projects\/s24-teama1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/268\/2024\/03\/Screen-Shot-2024-03-23-at-9.27.42-PM-768x756.png 768w, http:\/\/course.ece.cmu.edu\/~ece500\/projects\/s24-teama1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/268\/2024\/03\/Screen-Shot-2024-03-23-at-9.27.42-PM-1024x1008.png 1024w, http:\/\/course.ece.cmu.edu\/~ece500\/projects\/s24-teama1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/268\/2024\/03\/Screen-Shot-2024-03-23-at-9.27.42-PM.png 1254w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 407px) 100vw, 407px\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Next Week\u2019s Deliverables<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Write Arduino code to control the kettle and pump.<\/li>\n<li>Test prototype circuit when components arrive.<\/li>\n<li>Reflow one board and test.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span class=\"textLayer--absolute\" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Status Report:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"textLayer--absolute\" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">On schedule<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week\u2019s\u00a0accomplishments This week I made some major modifications to the power management PCB. Initially, I had designed a special circuit to do zero-crossing detection for the triac. This would require having a separate Arduino code to handle the zero-crossing detection and actuate the triac gate. After some research, I found a newer version of &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/course.ece.cmu.edu\/~ece500\/projects\/s24-teama1\/2024\/03\/24\/corrado-goveas-status-report-for-march-23rd\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Corrado Govea\u2019s Status Report for March 23rd&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":873,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[2],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/course.ece.cmu.edu\/~ece500\/projects\/s24-teama1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/course.ece.cmu.edu\/~ece500\/projects\/s24-teama1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/course.ece.cmu.edu\/~ece500\/projects\/s24-teama1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/course.ece.cmu.edu\/~ece500\/projects\/s24-teama1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/873"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/course.ece.cmu.edu\/~ece500\/projects\/s24-teama1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/course.ece.cmu.edu\/~ece500\/projects\/s24-teama1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":124,"href":"http:\/\/course.ece.cmu.edu\/~ece500\/projects\/s24-teama1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117\/revisions\/124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/course.ece.cmu.edu\/~ece500\/projects\/s24-teama1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/course.ece.cmu.edu\/~ece500\/projects\/s24-teama1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/course.ece.cmu.edu\/~ece500\/projects\/s24-teama1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}