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enrique
03-02-2013, 17:03
This is a sensor from a past FRC.
Does anyone recognize it?
http://www.techtigers.com/images/DSCN0880.jpg
http://www.techtigers.com/images/DSCN0881.jpg

I get the feeling it may be a compass.
MrForbes
03-02-2013, 17:09
ha! I just found one of those Friday. It's from the old IFI control system, it's an RS-232 interface that plugs onto the robot controller module. I forget what it was used for.

It is NOT a sensor.
Mark McLeod
03-02-2013, 17:15
It's a TTL to RS232 level converter.
It was used for serial communication with the CMUCam
enrique
03-02-2013, 23:33
Interesting!
That big black chip has holes on the side and when you look in it looked like it had coils. That is why I thought it was a compass. I never would of guess it was a converter.

I'm actually looking through the old stock to see if I can find the HiTechnicCompass that is in the wpilib.h
The class has a link but the link is too old.

Thanks for the input guys.
dtengineering
03-02-2013, 23:49
ha! I just found one of those Friday. It's from the old IFI control system, it's an RS-232 interface that plugs onto the robot controller module. I forget what it was used for.

It is NOT a sensor.

Oh, yeah... that darn thing. I remember wasting an hour or so trying to figure it out before realizing that the socket was a socket and not an IC.

I would have done it again if you hadn't posted this! :)

Although I have to admit, it wasn't quite so blurry and out of focus when I last saw one... (a note to the OP, sometimes you are better to move the camera back a bit and get a "smaller" picture with less blur when you want to convey detailed information.)

Jason
enrique
04-02-2013, 00:36
Oh, yeah... that darn thing. I remember wasting an hour or so trying to figure it out before realizing that the socket was a socket and not an IC.

I would have done it again if you hadn't posted this! :)

Although I have to admit, it wasn't quite so blurry and out of focus when I last saw one... (a note to the OP, sometimes you are better to move the camera back a bit and get a "smaller" picture with less blur when you want to convey detailed information.)

Jason

Yea moving back didn't help actually. I recently got this camera and havent really stopped to explore the modes and all that. I think it was in the wrong mode.
Joe Ross
04-02-2013, 11:46
I'm actually looking through the old stock to see if I can find the HiTechnicCompass that is in the wpilib.h
The class has a link but the link is too old.

I don't think the HiTechnic Compass was ever included in the kit. It is a NXT sensor that connects via I2C. Here is the current link: http://www.hitechnic.com/cgi-bin/commerce.cgi?preadd=action&key=NMC1034

If you have a local FLL team, them may have one.