A large subsystem of the car is its electronics, which include the high voltage battery and power for the motor and also lower voltage safety and telemetry systems. As the team’s knowledge has grown, we’ve started designing and programming custom printed circuit boards to meet system requirements instead of buying off the shelf models. This year, we’ve decided to use CAN communication protocols between our boards, as it’s an industry standard. This also allows us to use less wires on the car itself, increases the amount of data we can send, and reduces noise in the signal, especially when travelling from one end of the car to the other.