1. Components of a Successful FRC Electrical System
Team 2177

2. Basics of Electrical Systems
Components
Custom Circuits
Design

3. Components
cRIO (brain)
Digital Side Car (spinal cord)

4. Motor Controllers
Speed Controllers (muscles)
Relays (muscles)

5. Speed Controllers
Jaguar Victor Talon

6. Speed Controllers

7. Speed Controllers

8. Speed Controllers

9. Speed Controllers

10. 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?

11. Relays Spike No variable speed control Small footprint 20 Amp Limiting
Factors into motor choice

12. components Fans (sweat glands) Battery (heart) Radio (mouth)
Converter (lungs)

13. Components Power distribution board (circulatory system)
Everything plugs into power distribution board

14. components Wiring (nerves) power wires (blood vessels)
40 Amp -> 12 gauge
30 Amp -> 14 gauge
20 Amp -> 18 gauge
signal wires (nerves)

15. Sensors Provide feedback Encoders Potentiometers Limit Switch
Ultrasonic senor
Accelerometer

16. 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!

17. Organization Wiring organization color code number system zip ties
tie downs
power polls

18. 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

19. Thank You
Thanks for coming! If you have any questions, feel free to ask them now!