Below you can find a list of suggested changes:
- Make the backpack easier to mount & use
- Use the 2nd interface bus of SPOT (the one in the back) for the GXP instead of the one in the center. For instance, add a cutout for the interface panel such that the main wire of the GXP can hang outside of the backpack or mount the GXP itself on the back of SPOT, outside of the backpack. This way we can do the following:
- Add screw holes on the mounting plate that extrude from the front and back panel, such that you can directly mount it on the rails on SPOT without having to remove the outer shell.
- Re-design the top of the outershell such that you can open it. For instance, it could be attached to the main frame as a lid and open like a "door", similar to a control box.
- Use the 2nd interface bus of SPOT (the one in the back) for the GXP instead of the one in the center. For instance, add a cutout for the interface panel such that the main wire of the GXP can hang outside of the backpack or mount the GXP itself on the back of SPOT, outside of the backpack. This way we can do the following:
- Re-design the backpack to be IP54 (same as SPOT).
- Remove the screw holes on the sides of the outer shell for the panels, they are not needed.
- Remove the sheet metal bends in the middle of the main mounting plate, they are not needed. Remove the corresponding screw holes on the outer shell as well.
- Make the backpack larger, the current design is very cramped due to the wiring.
- Decrease tolerance of nut holes of GNSS wings.
- Improve the design of the GNSS wings, there are currently a lot of screws for such a simple part and it takes too much time to assemble.