Meeting 2009-01-06

Administrative meeting 5th week of winter quarter, just after break

Hardware

• Got a rack
• Almost done with all the connector blocks -- one left
• Have made progress on the pillow blocks

Electronics

• Motor controller code testing near done
• Have circuit breakers
• Need an enclosure now
  • $80+ to order commercially; no better on eBay
  • Mechanical team will probably have to build one
• Novatel hasn't gotten back to us, unsurprisingly
  • Will inquire more with their support
  • We have some OEM 2s & 3s, as well as 2 PC 2 ISA cards (equivalent to OEM 2s)
• Need to buy fuses for the computer

Software

• Successfully did a test drive before break
• Nothing significant was accomplished over break