07-05-2009 05:04 PM

eitang

Re: pic: Team 79 Summer Project Electronics Board

Just a tip from me if you put the wires through the board like that make holes much larger than the connector on the wire, i've had a board like this on our 08 bot and it was really annoying to replase wires and connectors

07-05-2009 10:45 PM

gallo26

Re: pic: Team 79 Summer Project Electronics Board

thank! thats a VERY VERY good tip. We had that problem in 2007 with our bot. But luckily we didn't have to replace a lot of things. We just had to remove excessive victors and spikes, so removing those wires were a bit annoying.

07-06-2009 01:07 AM

biojae

Re: pic: Team 79 Summer Project Electronics Board

where is your controller going to go?

07-06-2009 09:16 AM

Al Skierkiewicz

Re: pic: Team 79 Summer Project Electronics Board

Bryan,
I would recommend a loop in each wire so that you have the ability to remove the connectors to replace defective components. Nice render!

07-07-2009 01:22 AM

gallo26

Re: pic: Team 79 Summer Project Electronics Board

Jeez! everytime i check CD theres always some good advice for free. I can't believe we didn't think of that! That totally makes sense because the components ARE pretty old, so we might have to replace them sometime.

Well, believe it or not... all of those components on that board, the breaker panel, AND the controller ALL fit on that board. I hated that because of all the errors we encountered. So i spaced everything out. I'm aiming to place the controller in a protected environment on the top of the robot's compressor plates that way i can see what its up to, program and access if necessary, and it'll be safe and covered by lexan.

07-07-2009 07:19 AM

Al Skierkiewicz

Re: pic: Team 79 Summer Project Electronics Board

Bryan,
Don't forget that the compressor gets hot if it running often. It is best to keep components away from the heat.