McMaster University Solar Car Project

### DESCRIPTION ( Introduce yourserlf and your project)

Hi! My name is Ron Haber, I'm the Electrical Manager of McMaster Solar Car. We are an electrical vehicle racing team located out of McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Every year we design a new electric vehicle that has attached solar panels and uses batteries as an energy source. The race, The American Solar Challenge, happens yearly with 30 different teams from around the world participating. The race has two parts, a race around an F1 track and a race across the USA, on actual highways, ranging approximately 3000km. With our association with McMaster University, we are considered to be both a student group and a not-for-profit organization and accordingly can supply donation receipts and valuable contacts at the university.

### TECHNICAL DETAILS (With project photos)

Our project consists of approximately 15 different board designs. The main control circuits are the HV and LV Master boards. These control the external circuitry that ensure high performance and safety of the cars movement. There are 2 boards that regulate our battery pack and our new cutting edge supercapacitor packs. These boards ensure the operation of these power devices are within their safe regions and they will always operate properly and safely. To regulate these two power devices, there is a bi-directional DC/DC converter that controls the output voltage to the motor and ensures peak performance in every driving mode. The overall system efficiency is estimated to be approximate 96%, with the integration of the DC/DC converter. Additional circuitry will include voltage reading circuits, low side current sense circuits. There will be a data-logging board that will be able to log every single CAN message in the system. This board will act as a "black-box" similar to that of what is used in an aircraft. Another board is the driver display board that will display all relevant information and control to the driver and will be placed on the steering wheel. 

Below is a picture of our last car. Our new iteration is still in design and manufacturing.

### Words to PCBWay

I have already ordered a few board from PCBWay in the past and they have worked phenomally! I would really like to keep using your boards and having your logo on our car would bring a lot of interest in your company. We offer different sponsorship options and donation receipts. Please contact me at (416) 700-9014 or email me at haberrj@mcmaster.ca.