Race Car CAN Architecture and Electrical Integration

CAN communications and electrical integration connecting controls, battery management, motor control, telemetry, and logging.

Organization
Texas A&M Formula Electric
Area
Engineering
Status
Implemented

What I did

  • Owned significant portions of the vehicle’s CAN communications and electrical integration.
  • Integrated redundant pedal sensor inputs with error checking.
  • Connected vehicle controls with the battery management system, motor controller, telemetry, and data logging.
  • Worked on communications reliability, system diagnostics, and fault-handling behavior.
  • Worked across high-voltage, low-voltage, sensor, and control-system interfaces.

Tools and technologies

  • CAN
  • BMS integration
  • Embedded controls

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