- This research is going to address the electrical design problem for RoCo.
- The goal is to build a software interface that can do electrical design on the piece of material with desired shape and export appropriate files for manufacturing.
- The problem can generally be solved by applying electrical design toolbox and modifying based on desired material shape.
- Applying existed electrical design toolbox allows the interface have capability to do routing and PCB design quickly. More algorithm requirements are expected along the project proceed.
## Scope of Work
`subproblems`
- The problem can be considered as majority of software work and some mechanical/ manufacturing test.
`software`
- The solution can be approached through:
-*A software structure that convert specifications to list of electrical elements*
- A software structure that takes a list of electrical elements and 'PCB' shape as inputs while generate electrical design as output
- A software that convert finished design to multiple files for manufacturing
`hardware`
- Research needed to be done and tested in following topics:
- Approaches to do connection between electrical elements and metal sheet without soldering
## Background, Assumptions & Reference
- The desired shape and dimensions of 'PCB' is given from RoCo
- The assumption that the list of electrical elements are given will be considered as a true statement before completion of all other parts of the project
## Goals, deliverables, tasks
#### Week1
`Goals`
- Do background research on exsiting technology of following topics:
- Foldable mechanical systems
- Electrical design toolbox (compatibility & open source)
- Becoming familiar with lab equipment
`Deliverables`
- Sample metal sheet and paper cut
- List of open source library
- List of existing approaches to test in following weeks
