A peak under the hood...
 

Posted by Nate Smith.

Other on team #66, GM Powertrain/Willow Run HS, from Eastern Michigan University and GM Powertrain.

Posted on 4/13/2000 12:51 PM MST



Anybody else been interested in what's inside that 'black box' also known as the Robot Controller? Well, I was wandering the Innovation First web site today, and happened to wander into their 'suppliers' page...take a look at the link below...

Re: A peak under the hood...
 

Posted by Matt Leese.

Student on team #7 from Parkville High School and NASA, Black & Decker, AAI, Raytheon.

Posted on 4/13/2000 5:49 PM MST


In Reply to: A peak under the hood... posted by Nate Smith on 4/13/2000 12:51 PM MST:



I got to see the Innovation FIRST guys trying to fix one at nationals, although it was for a relatively short period of time (I was trying to get something else done and was in a hurry). The main thing that I've noticed is that although supposedly (correct me if I'm wrong) there are three Basic Stamp 2X chips in the Robot Controller I can only see chips in pairs on the board. Of what would definately appear to be the Basic Stamp Chips (the large ones that appear to be on removable mountings, I can't remember what they look like exactly from last years control box), there are only two. Someone want to tell me what I'm missing here?

Re: A peak under the hood...
 

Posted by Nate Smith.

Other on team #66, GM Powertrain/Willow Run HS, from Eastern Michigan University and GM Powertrain.

Posted on 4/13/2000 6:10 PM MST


In Reply to: Re: A peak under the hood... posted by Matt Leese on 4/13/2000 5:49 PM MST:



: The main thing that I've noticed is that although supposedly (correct me if I'm wrong) there are three Basic Stamp 2X chips in the Robot Controller I can only see chips in pairs on the board. Of what would definately appear to be the Basic Stamp Chips (the large ones that appear to be on removable mountings, I can't remember what they look like exactly from last years control box), there are only two. Someone want to tell me what I'm missing here?

I don't know for sure about the 2SX chips, but a standard Basic Stamp is actually quite small(from seeing the one that we had in our sound controller), so I'm guessing those large chips on the board are something else...