About Shutdown Circuit
Shutdown Circuit is a circuit notebook, and purposely not a repository of complete designs.
I put this together as a jumping-off point for teams in their first year of building an electric car - particularly those tackling the safety systems without much in-house electrical experience. Not every university has someone who can hold your hand through a shutdown circuit.
My hope is that this resource gets teams a little closer to competition, without taking away the satisfaction of figuring it out yourself.
About me
Hi, I'm Michael - FSAE Electric alumni from Newcastle, Australia. I was lucky enough to be part of NU Racing's debut FSAE Electric campaign, where we became the first team at the 2019 event to pass technical inspection 🥳
Since then, my open source circuits and video walkthroughs, which cover components like the TSAL and Precharge, have been picked up and remixed by teams all over the world. It's been super gratifying to see those architectures turn up in other real competition cars, and to hear from the engineers who've had questions along the way.
If this site has been helpful, or you've got ideas for improvements - please do get in touch.
