☀️ PV Curve Tracer

• ☀️ PV Curve Tracer
  • Repository Structure
  • Maintainers and Contribution
  • Versioning
  • TODO

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Repository Structure

• datasheets - contains datasheets for major components of the PV Curve Tracer.
• docs - contains documentation on how to build, test, and use the PV Curve Tracer.
• fw - contains fw that is loaded onto the PV Curve Tracer.
  • tests - test programs used to characterize and validate the PV Curve Tracer.
  • src - main program used to run the PV Curve Tracer.
  • inc - internally developed libraries specific for the PV Curve Tracer.
  • lib - third party libraries used by the PV Curve Tracer.
• hw
  • Footprints - project specfic footprint association files for the PV Curve Tracer.
  • Models - 3d .step files for the PCB 3d viewer.
  • Symbols - project specific symbol files for the PV Curve Tracer.
  • vX_Y_Z - frozen versioning folder for PCB production files.

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Maintainers and Contribution

The current maintainer of this project is Matthew Yu as of 05/20/2023. His email is matthewjkyu@gmail.com.

Contributors to the HW and FW encompass many dedicated students, including:

• Roy Mor
• Afnan Mir
• Youssef Elsherif

Special thanks to Professor Gary Hallock, who supervised the development and design of this project.

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Versioning

This PCB is on unified version 1.3.0. Every time the schematic and/or layout is updated, this version number should go up. We use semantic versioning to denote between versions. See the changelog for more details.

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TODO

Documentation

• Update assembly and testing document, ordering document, and improvement document.
• Add datasheets for key components of the device.

HW

• check if v1.2.0 bodges has been fixed (op amps, regulator) Complete v1.4.0rc board candidate

SW

• Regenerate code for MBED with proposed filestructure