Today at Intuitive Tymur, Rohen, and I spent the morning learning more about electrical engineering. We had a crash course in electrical engineering and electronics- learning about circuits, voltage, resistors, and more. We then worked on our soldering skills as we assembled a simple circuit that functioned as a power supply that read the voltage output. In the afternoon Tymur and Rohen continued their work with electronics while I was introduced with a build design challenge. The challenge is to design a cantilever beam (think of a diving board) that can withstand 50 pounds of force from a 1/2 inch rod, 2.5 inches away from it’s mounting point. I then spent the rest of today working in CAD on coming up with my first design for this challenge. Something that fascinated me today was the power of circuit diagrams in being able to convey information about a circuit.
