OKEMOS SOLAR RACING
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Status: Team project
Year:   2023-2026
Role:   Electrical team member (2023); Electrical Lead, CAN telemetry and electrical systems (2025-26)

Electrical systems and ESP32-based CAN telemetry for a solar-powered
race car.

01. THE PROBLEM
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A race car needs more than moving parts. The team needed reliable
electrical systems and a way to see what the vehicle was doing during
testing and competition.

02. WHAT I BUILT
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I joined the electrical team and built CAN telemetry for the car that
placed first in the 2023 Solar Car Challenge Classic Division,
connecting sensors and controllers through the CAN bus to ESP32-based
display and logging. I later became electrical lead for the 2025-26
season, running the seven-person electrical group.

03. WHAT I LEARNED
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Vehicle electronics make every weak assumption physical: connectors
loosen, signals get noisy, and test-day debugging has a clock running.

04. WHAT'S NEXT
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Add the exact system diagram, a test-day failure story, and more
telemetry photographs.

LINKS
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Visit Okemos Solar Racing: https://okemosracing.org

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