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Sahil Shah: Changed kicad versions for now

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Changed kicad versions for now

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Jsvogt2: Created page with "====== Welcome to the Illini Solar Car! ====== We are one of the largest Engineering RSOs on campus. Our work is incredibly multifaceted (there are even times when you’ll be..."

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Created page with "====== Welcome to the Illini Solar Car! ====== We are one of the largest Engineering RSOs on campus. Our work is incredibly multifaceted (there are even times when you’ll be..."

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 **# Use the onboarding repo for your work only.
 **# When adding power flags to your circuit in the first Schematic video, you will need to add ''two more'' components: one PWR_FLAG on both your +3v3 and GND wires. It should look like this[[File:PWR FLAGS.png|center|thumb]]
-**# ''In the layout tutorial,'' when you add dimensions to your board, you'll need to go to the top bar and select ''[Place -> Add Orthogonal Dimension],'' seen below:[[File:Add Orthogonal Dimension.png|center|thumb]]
+**# ''In the layout tutorial,'' when you add dimensions to your board, you'll need to go to the top bar, select User.Drawings layers, and select ''[Place -> Add Orthogonal Dimension],'' seen below:[[File:Add Orthogonal Dimension.png|center|thumb]]
 **# Remember that your version of KiCad will look different from Rahul's! Things change with time, as did the software. Don't panic! Everything he can do in the video, you can too. Try playing around with the tools for a while before asking one of the elec members if you're having issues with the software.

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 KiCad is an electrical CAD software that our team uses to design the custom printed circuit boards (aka PCBs) for the solar car. All of our designs exist on the [https://github.com/IlliniSolarCar Illini Solar Car GitHub page] in the PCB repository. You will clone this repository later and any hardware contribution you make to the team will be in here.
-# First download KiCad onto your computer from [https://www.kicad.org/download/ here], use the most recent stable version available.
+# First download KiCad onto your computer from [https://downloads.kicad.org/kicad/windows/explore/stable/download/kicad-8.0.5-x86_64.exe here], use version 8.0.5
 # Next, clone the Onboarding repository.
 ## Use <code>cd</code> to move to the location you want your Repository to go; it's best to use your default User directory in files; making a Solar Car folder helps keep all your solar car repositories in one place!

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−	====== Welcome to ~~the~~ Illini Solar Car! ======	+	====== Welcome to Illini Solar Car! ======
	We are one of the largest Engineering RSOs on campus. Our work is incredibly multifaceted (there are even times when you’ll be working on two cars simultaneously), diverse in majors and members, expensive (we go through 6 figures of resources per year), and rewarding. You can think of all the expenses as an investment in you as they provide you with unmatched real-world and hands-on experience which can be invaluable when looking for jobs or when you eventually get to doing it later in school.		We are one of the largest Engineering RSOs on campus. Our work is incredibly multifaceted (there are even times when you’ll be working on two cars simultaneously), diverse in majors and members, expensive (we go through 6 figures of resources per year), and rewarding. You can think of all the expenses as an investment in you as they provide you with unmatched real-world and hands-on experience which can be invaluable when looking for jobs or when you eventually get to doing it later in school.

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 # Next, clone the Onboarding repository.
 ## Use <code>cd</code> to move to the location you want your Repository to go; it's best to use your default User directory in files; making a Solar Car folder helps keep all your solar car repositories in one place!
-## Run <code>git clone [https://github.com/IlliniSolarCar/ElecOnboarding24 https://github.com/IlliniSolarCar/ElecOnboarding25]<nowiki/>.git</code> in either GitBash (Windows) or Terminal (MacOS) to clone the repository to your local machine. It should copy the code in the online repo into a local folder on your computer-- you can see it now in your file explorer!
+## Run <code>git clone <nowiki>https://github.com/IlliniSolarCar/ElecOnboarding25</nowiki><nowiki/>.git</code> in either GitBash (Windows) or Terminal (MacOS) to clone the repository to your local machine. It should copy the code in the online repo into a local folder on your computer-- you can see it now in your file explorer!
 === Library Setup ===

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 # Create a Branch in the Onboarding Repository, this branch will be exclusive to you.
-## Run <code>git checkout -b joe2_onboarding</code> (replace jdoe2 with your NetID [your illinois email without the @illinois.edu]) to create the branch
+## Run <code>git checkout -b jdoe2_onboarding</code> (replace jdoe2 with your NetID [your illinois email without the @illinois.edu]) to create the branch
 ## Run <code>git status</code> to ensure you are on the correct branch
 ## Run <code>git push --set-upstream origin jdoe2_onboarding</code> to push your new branch to the remote repository

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 * Make a Solar Car folder to copy all your GitHub Repos into in your main directory for organization!
-* Copy the '''ElecOnboarding24''' Repo from Illini Solar Car's GitHub group, ''not'' the PCB repo! The PCB repo is not public and not what we are using for this semester.
+* Copy the '''ElecOnboarding25''' Repo from Illini Solar Car's GitHub group, ''not'' the PCB repo! The PCB repo is not public and not what we are using for this semester.
 * Only follow the GitHub install instructions!
 * Look through the plethora of Git tutorials to get a better understanding of why we use git along with a few basic commands.
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 # Next, clone the Onboarding repository.
 ## Use <code>cd</code> to move to the location you want your Repository to go; it's best to use your default User directory in files; making a Solar Car folder helps keep all your solar car repositories in one place!
-## Run <code>git clone https://github.com/IlliniSolarCar/ElecOnboarding24<nowiki/>.git</code> in either GitBash (Windows) or Terminal (MacOS) to clone the repository to your local machine. It should copy the code in the online repo into a local folder on your computer-- you can see it now in your file explorer!
+## Run <code>git clone [https://github.com/IlliniSolarCar/ElecOnboarding24 https://github.com/IlliniSolarCar/ElecOnboarding25]<nowiki/>.git</code> in either GitBash (Windows) or Terminal (MacOS) to clone the repository to your local machine. It should copy the code in the online repo into a local folder on your computer-- you can see it now in your file explorer!
 === Library Setup ===
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 # Open KiCad. Start these Instructions from the home screen
 # Click on ''Preferences --> Configure Paths...''
-# Add a new path (press "Add") with the name <code>ISC_SYMBOL_DIR</code> and insert the path to the Libraries in your repo: <code>PathOnYourComputer\ElecOnboarding23\Hardware\Libraries</code>
+# Add a new path (press "Add") with the name <code>ISC_SYMBOL_DIR</code> and insert the path to the Libraries in your repo: <code>PathOnYourComputer\ElecOnboarding25\Hardware\Libraries</code>
 [[File:Kicad symbol path.png|center|thumb|590x590px|Your environment variable should look like this]]
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 * Make sure you have KiCad v8 downloaded. You'll have a hard time opening any files if you don't.
-* In your File Explorer, you'll want to navigate to the folder you copied the Onboarding Repo into (make sure that you copied the ElecOnboarding23 Repo when setting up Git rather than the B-fw or PCB repos).
+* In your File Explorer, you'll want to navigate to the folder you copied the Onboarding Repo into (make sure that you copied the ElecOnboarding25 Repo when setting up Git rather than the B-fw or PCB repos).
 * In the Hardware folder, you should see a Dev folder. Navigate into that and then go into the Template_v0.0 folder. There is another folder named Lights_Onboarding_v0_1 that has a developed project inside that you can take a look at, but for right now you won't be needing it.
 * Select everything in the folder and copy/paste to a new folder in the Hardware directory (two folders back); you can name the folder something like "prog1" to differentiate that it is your first hardware project!

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 * Slack (Please check regularly)
-* [https://github.com/orgs/IlliniSolarCar/repositories?type=all GitHub]
+* [https://github.com/IlliniSolarCar/ElecOnboarding25 GitHub]
 * Google Drive
 * Team Wiki

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 # Go through the [[Public:MCUXpresso|MCUXpresso]] '''setup instructions.''' Don't worry about setting up PCB, ARGO-fw, B-fw (or any of the FW repos) as we are using the Onboarding repository for everything.
-## '''DUE TO ISSUES WITH THE MCUXpress Website, use this Box [https://uofi.box.com/s/i9jgenu8blyqc4tdbkxgl1fcyb80l0i6 link] to download MCUXpresso'''
+##'''DUE TO ISSUES WITH THE MCUXpress Website, use this Box [https://uofi.box.com/s/i9jgenu8blyqc4tdbkxgl1fcyb80l0i6 link] to download MCUXpresso'''
-##* B-fw is the old firmware repo for Brizo. We won't be using it for the onboarding process nor for our third car, but it's good to have in case we are still testing on Brizo by the time Onboarding finishes!
+##* B-fw is the old firmware repo for Brizo. We won't be using it for the onboarding process nor for our future cars.
 ##* All of the coding that you do for Onboarding will be pushed to the Onboarding repo. Don't worry about pushing to the others for now.
 ##* Make sure to double click on <code>update_LibraryProjectFiles.sh</code> to get the projects to work in MCUXpresso.

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 A majority of electrical onboarding will be done in person in the ECEB. This will allow new members to interact with and receive advice from more senior members on the team if they need extra help with their onboarding projects. Additionally, we have online resources to assist with onboarding and provide detailed guidance throughout a majority of the process. Listed below is a general timeline of when and where meetings will take place. Make sure to show up to these and other upcoming new member events to get to know more returning members and become more comfortable with the team.
-'''Meeting Days and Times''': Mondays and Wednesdays @ 7PM
+'''Meeting Days and Times''': Tuesdays and Thursdays @ 7PM
-'''Location''': ECEB 2017 (3017 as well if over capacity)
+'''Location''': ECEB 3017 (other rooms as needed depending on capacity)
-'''Onboarding Weeks''': September 9th -- October 10th
+'''Onboarding Weeks''': September 9th -- October 2nd