Formula society of automotive engineering (fsae)

Formula SAE (FSAE) is a collegiate engineering competition where students design, build, and race small formula-style race cars. It offers participants hands-on experience in mechanical design, electrical design, programming, manufacturing, and project management, while also fostering business and communication skills through cost analysis and presentations. FSAE is a co-curricular project that ultimately prepares students for careers in engineering, motorsports, and related industries by providing real-world problem-solving opportunities and professional networking connections.

This presentation serves to introduce concepts of electromagnetism as a building block to understanding the electric motor. It eases viewers into learning about electromagnetic induction, electrical-to-rotational transducers, and ultimately the different types of electric motors. Then, the function of a motor controller is introduced as a digital signal processor, and common control methods such as pulse-width-modulation are discussed. Finally, it will break down our 2023 Schematics and the Motor-to-Motor-Controller Circuit, then discuss which rules pertain to these components.

This presentation is an exposition to electrical design, and is intended clarify a few fundamental points which outline the electrical design process. For starters, it will illustrate a few of the building blocks of electricity (voltage, current, resistance), as well as delve into the purpose of the different processes which go into a finished electrical circuit. It will showcase an array of component symbols which you may encounter, and provide information about the purpose of each one, and then it will prompt the beginning of a beginner Fabrication Night for students new to FSAE, and transition into a work-period open to questions.