Date

Attendees

Discussion items

ItemNotes
Last Week's Action Items
  • Update BOM - everyone
    • everyone did
  • start CAD work -Yev
    • need to CAD screw switch, camera bracket, PDB
    • all other components done
  • incorporate screw switches into CAD - Yev
    • didn't happen this week, need Mike from the rocket, busy this week
  • PDB investigation - Dante, Billy , Adam, Kyle
  • submit BOM to NYSG
    • Will Merges - currently can't use launch card, need to check in with Carl
    • Will Merges - haven't submitted BOM yet, will do this week
  • Find new name for PDB - everyone
    • darwin - nigel thornberry's chimpanzee

Drift Calculation - Joy Sangsrichan

  • drift should only be ~2 miles with a 4ft parachute
    • within acceptable limit
  • make sure to put this in the CDR (maybe typed out)

Clarification from NYSG - Will Merges

 NYSG responded to some questions:

  • can extend final report to launch date, still need student info submitted by December
    • If we finish manufacturing (we will), submit that and then give a short update after launch
  • need to send a report every other month, will need to send one first week of October
  • clarified how we change items not originally on BOM
  • got phone number of associate director
Reminders
  • IREC PDR is this Saturday (9/26/21)
    • need to present "abbreviated" version of our PDR in it
      • 2-3 slides, mostly about how we interface with the rocket
    • please be present if you can
      • this is the first PDR new members will be seeing, set a good example and ask lots of questions
  • Design deadline coming up - October 1st
PDB Discussion

Dante Sivo is point of contact for this project

  • talk to Joe about receiver board for ground station
  • add inline jumpers between UART lines to XBee for testing
  • breakout reset pin on XBee
  • get dimensions from Dante
CAD work
  • meeting later this week - 6:30 on Thursday

Action items

  •  Dante Sivo- start Darwin PCB design
  • Yevgeniy Gorbachev - continue CAD
  • @everyone - work session Thursday 9/23/21 6:30pm - meet in club simone
  • @everyone- Come up with DARWIN meaning