I was part of the team for the Australian National University’s (ANU) first entry in the World Solar Car Challenge. Our team successfully completed the race and achieved a top 20 result in a competitive field.

A release by the ANU about our entry can be found here.

Image obtained from here.

I was on the Control sub-team, and my tasks included developing the car’s data logger (in C#), and designing printed circuit boards (PCB) for the car’s steering wheel, throttle control, and battery mount. I designed these boards using Altium Designer. Illustrations of the designs are provided below.

Fig 1. Steering Wheel PCB (2D View).

Fig 2. Throttle Control PCB (2D View).

Fig 3. Throttle Control PCB (3D View).

Fig 4. Battery Mount PCB (3D View).

Required skills

• Altium Designer
• C#