Components of a Successful FRC Electrical System Team 2177
Basics of Electrical Systems Components Custom Circuits Design
Components cRIO (brain) Digital Side Car (spinal cord)
Motor Controllers Speed Controllers (muscles) Relays (muscles)
Speed Controllers Jaguar Victor Talon
Speed Controllers
Speed Controllers
Speed Controllers
Speed Controllers
Speed Controllers How do you choose? Linearity (great for drive train, possibly not needed for other items) Size (smaller is always better) Control (direct sensor feedback can be very useful) What do you have in stock?
Relays Spike No variable speed control Small footprint 20 Amp Limiting Factors into motor choice
components Fans (sweat glands) Battery (heart) Radio (mouth) Converter (lungs)
Components Power distribution board (circulatory system) Everything plugs into power distribution board
components Wiring (nerves) power wires (blood vessels) 40 Amp -> 12 gauge 30 Amp -> 14 gauge 20 Amp -> 18 gauge signal wires (nerves)
Sensors Provide feedback Encoders Potentiometers Limit Switch Ultrasonic senor Accelerometer
Components Custom circuits LEDs Teams with LEDs that lit up when they shot Camera Light up vision targets On-board computers Anything else you can think of!
Organization Wiring organization color code number system zip ties tie downs power polls
Board Layout How do we lay out our board? List all items on board and get all of them How much room you have for board? Where does the board go? Spacial constraints Lay out all components and their wire routes to make sure they all make sense
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