Onboarding

Author: Karan Thakkar

Relevant coding background to understand firmware

Git: Video || Article

C++ reference and language: cppreference.com PlatformIO: platformio.org — helpful for faster prototyping and device management.

FreeRTOS official site and API reference: freertos.org

Debugging & diagnostics

• TBD (openCD?)

Relevant hardware background to understand firmware

Teensy 4.1: PJRC Teensy 4.1 - MCU board used in our stack

CAN protocol: Video

Custom PCBs

CCM

Controls all the sensor inputs + outputs and perform motor control calculations.

PCC

Automates the battery precharge sequence to mimize instaneous capacitor charging.

Codebase overview

Here is our codebase: https://github.com/Anteater-Electric-Racing/embedded

fsae-vehicle-fw

Contains all vehicle firmware for CCM (sensor interfacing + motor controls)

fsae-pcc

Contains all firmware for PCC sequence.