DESIGNING ELECTRONICS FOR A PRETTY AND EFFECTIVE ROBOT EVAN HOCHSTEIN AND KATE AZAR #SRS2013
WHO ARE WE? Kate Azar FRC 2177 Evan Hochstein FRC 2470, 3081
TABLE OF CONTENTS Motor Controller Comparison Custom Circuits Organization New Control System
MOTOR CONTROLLERS Who? What? When? Where? Wait... What?
JAGUARS Natural Habitat
CAN ¡Sí, se puede!
TALONS Hurt. At least when they scratch you.
VICTORS Its what we are!
SPIKE This isn’t Spock and they don’t hurt when you poke them.
PRETTY GRAPHS! Now all we need is an effective electrical system… right..? *Credit to team 1718 for graphs
CUSTOM CIRCUITS Teleportation Devices Wibbly Wobbly Timey Wimey… Stuff. Levitation Flux Capacitors Warp Drives (FTLs) Imagination A miscellaneous plethora of awesome stuff rendered under the principles of the art of circumlocution.
DIGITAL VS. ANALOG If you would like me to explain the difference, just ask!
THE ELECTRICAL CAD Altium Multisim Ulitboard
THE CRIO The "Brains" Modules Digital Sidecar(s) 4-slot vs. 8-slot
MODULES FIRST Legal NI 9201 NI 9403 NI 9272 Not FIRST Legal NI NI
DIGITAL SIDECARS Unlimited expandability Realistically? Sensor input PWM output Pneumatic Control
WHICH IS BETTER? 4-slot 400 MHz 128 MB 256 MB Spartan-6 LX45 643g 9-30V 1 Ethernet 8-slot 400 MHz 64 MB 128 MB Spartan g 19-30V 2 Ethernet
OUR ROBOT, THE GAME & THEIR LOVE AFFAIR
ORGANIZATION Are you ready to be scolded?
BOARD Horizontal vs. Vertical Left Side vs. Right Side Multi-level vs. Single Level Team 1713
WIRE ORGANIZATION TOOLS Power Polls Tie Downs Zip Ties Power vs. Signal Separation Wiring On/Off the Board Coding, and not the kind that makes the robot go McMaster-Carr PN 9284K411 (Expandable Mesh Sleeving)
2015 CONTROL SYSTEM CAN
2015 CONTROL SYSTEM CAN
2015 CONTROL SYSTEM It says CAN again
2015 CONTROL SYSTEM Please learn CAN.