Last time we spoke CalSol had just began its new semester along with a bevy of new goals. I’m happy to report that we are well on our way to achieving those! I’d like to thank everyone involved with Engineering 4 Kids (E4K). This was an event held last weekend in which a number of …
High fives were had all around as CalSol’s Motor team recently submitted its final project proposal for the Big Ideas at Berkeley Grant Competition. But it was not long before we were back with our noses to the grindstone. The CalSol Motor subteam (nicknamed “Rotors in Motion”) was born out of the challenges the team had getting our motor …
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After six weeks of preparation and work, shell team has successfully made a new canopy for Impulse. The current plastic canopy added unnecessary weight and deflected when we opened it, so we wanted a new canopy made mostly of composite materials with a windshield for vision. Due to the high strength-to-weight ratio of composites, we were able to …
Last week, we were working on improving our Battery Monitoring System, and ran into a few problems. High voltage went a few places that it wasn’t supposed to, and we were left with several boards in less-than-perfect working condition. The damaged boards were manufactured by Linear Technology, and were used to individually monitor each battery …
CalSol drove down with Impulse to the Volkswagen Electronics Research Lab today to give an end-of-year presentation on what we have learned, how much we have grown, how far we have come, and where we are heading next. We’d like to thank everyone at the ERL for being there, supporting us, and inspiring us to …
On August 19th of last year, literally days before the car shipped off across the Pacific Ocean, SunPower courteously invited us to an ice cream social event they were having at Richmond their office to wish Impulse bon voyage. We were very honored to be there and extremely surprised to be welcomed by nearly 200 …
Well, CalSol has been signing a lot of paperwork, but there are also a lot of signs and decals that Star Link Co. had generously donated to us for the World Solar Challenge. These include decals, magnetic signs, window signs, and banners for Impulse and the convoy. Some of these decals were required by the WSC …
