Leadership

🛰️ Kaitlyn Leitherer, ‘26, [email protected]

“If I were brand new to EE and SSI, here are the steps I’d take: I’d look at the Project Directory to see what projects are available. If it seems interesting, I’d spend 5-10 minutes reading through its Documentation to understand the board. Then, I’d slack the member(s) in charge and/or talk to them in person.

☄️ Da-Hee Kim, ‘27, [email protected]

“Please never ever ever be afraid to ask questions. You are not stupid, you just haven’t heard the answer.”

Feel free to send us an email / pm us on Slack if you have any questions!

General Guides and Resources

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Mission Critical <3

Github repository ← Here is our main page for documentation.
SAMWISE PCB Stack ← A diagram showing how all of our PCBs fit together in the final assembled satellite.
Master BOM ← Bill of materials.
SAMWISE power budget
board requirements

Designing PCBs

Design Doc Template ← Everytime you make a new PCB, write a new/update an existing design doc so that future travellers know what is going on
Test Plan Template ← Document your test process extensively and save it in SAMWISE > Avionics > Testing > [the subsystem your board belongs to]
How to Design a PCB ← Learn how to design a PCB from scratch.
set up Kicad ← scroll down to see how to setup your Kicad
PCB Review and Ordering Procedure ← Learn how to fix errors in your PCB during the design stage (includes KiCad life hacks), and how to prepare your PCB for manufacture.

Writing Code/Git

set up git
KiCad/git policy
Interface with Electrical Devices with I2C ← Collection of guides which show you how to to communicate with CircuitPython over I2C/SPI/UART.

Verification and Validation of PCBs

Hardware Debugging Spreadsheet ← A list of all known risks with our hardware and how to debug them.

Project Directory

AV Active Projects