Formula Car Electronics

In my junior year of college, I led the Electronics division within UT Austin's Formula SAE Electric team. I was responsible for designing our electronics system's architecture to meet FSAE regulations and meet our team's data acquisition needs.

Making a completely custom architecture allowed us to make it highly integrated and zonal. Some of the innovations of this architecture include its 5G cellular telemetry system, laser ride height sensors, and custom wheel speed sensors.

We factor in two revisions (or attempts) in our PCB design timeline. For the first revision, we're less concerned with the board shape, so we had a bit of fun with it.

Once our system is integrated on the vehicle, we can implement our custom vehicle control firmware, which includes a traction control system. Below is an example of our traction control system attempting to correct excessive wheel slip by cutting the driver's torque. Note we had a rear-wheel drive vehicle, so rear wheel speed exceeding front wheel speed indicates wheel slip.

Here's a picture of our car at competition: