Image courtesy of Jaguar Racing. Source.
Jaguar Formula E
I-Type 5 Powertrain
Embedded C | Baremetal | CAN | Eclipse | Git |
Cadence OrCAD | Matlab | Simulink | VECTOR Tools |
Dspace | McClaren ATLAS |
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In 2020-21, I joined the amazing team at Jaguar Formula E and contributed to the development of the i-Type 5 Gen 2 powertrain (an electric engine). This project involved C firmware development, both low and high-voltage hardware circuit development, and a variety of rig and track-side testing at Williams Advanced Engineering in Oxford, UK.
This was the highest-power and highest-voltage application I've worked on so far, at a rated power of 250kW in formula E races for the 20-21 season, and a nominal system voltage of 800 volts. Certainly one of the fastest-moving projects - the firmware was usually iterated on moments after downloading telemetry data from the car.
The Jaguar i-Type 3 powertrain won multiple podiums in the season, and ultimately finished 2nd place overall in the 2021 world championships at the hands of talented drivers Sam Bird and Mitch Evans.
Read the the official press release from Jaguar Racing here.
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