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Creating a Steering Wheel for a Solar Race Car
Argo’s Steering Wheel As a part of Illini Solar Car, I worked on a lot of different systems on the car, but one system would become a consistent focus - the steering wheel. My first big firmware project on the team was fixing the firmware controlling the original steering wheel for Argo. At the 2017 World Solar Challenge, the car had been plagu... Read More
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Building a Solar Array
I originally wrote this post in 2017 for the Illini Solar Car Blog which has gone offline. It is mirrored here to keep this info available. One of the largest sub-teams we have at Illini Solar Car is our Solar Team. Our Solar Team is responsible for the fabrication, testing, and mounting of the the vehicle solar array. The solar array team ... Read More