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joelg236

12-11-2012 17:01

Re: AndyMark FIRST Choice Tease

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Originally Posted by Gregor (Post 1193803)

Teams continuously unplug and replug the ethernet port on their driver station laptops at competitions. This makes them susceptible to damage. Should the port on the cable you linked break, only that has to be replaced, instead of the entire DS laptop. We had an issue with a loose ethernet port on our laptop this year, so I'm ranking this high on my FIRST Choice/purchase wish list.

Makes sense actually. Although throwing our DS around probably lends itself to more potential damage than plugging in the cord. :D

Mark McLeod

12-11-2012 17:05

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We also use this port saver on the robot bridge as a pit tether port.
Tied down to the frame this protects against damage and wear to the ports on the bridge, especially when we drive away and the cord doesn't follow.

Daniel_LaFleur

12-11-2012 17:09

Re: AndyMark FIRST Choice Tease

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Originally Posted by Mark McLeod (Post 1193806)

{sarcasm}Oh, c'mon. This never happens :p {/sarcasm}

BigJ	12-11-2012 17:31

Re: AndyMark FIRST Choice Tease

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Originally Posted by Daniel_LaFleur (Post 1193808)

{sarcasm}Oh, c'mon. This never happens :p {/sarcasm}

To this day I get aggravated whenever I see serial cables that are screwed in / together.

Daniel_LaFleur

13-11-2012 10:10

Re: AndyMark FIRST Choice Tease

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Originally Posted by BigJ (Post 1193814)

To this day I get aggravated whenever I see serial cables that are screwed in / together.

True story:
During Stack attack an arm from an opposing robot found the only hole in our armor and started thrashing around inside our robot. After about 10 seconds of this our robot died on the field. At first we believed that they had damaged the IFI controller but once the match was over we discovered the real reason we stopped.

Apparently their robot had grabbed on to the serial cable between the IFI controller and the radio and pulled. Fortunately one of our students had forgotten to screw in the cable, and as such it just pulled out rather than damage the controller.

... sometimes you just get lucky.

Anthony Galea

03-12-2012 17:08

Re: AndyMark FIRST Choice Tease

Okay, I am a new team member here, so I may look stupid saying this, but what is this for?
http://www.andymark.com/FIRST-Choice-p/fc13-027.htm :confused:

Richard Wallace

08-12-2012 22:34

Re: AndyMark FIRST Choice Tease

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Originally Posted by 3175student17 (Post 1198367)

Okay, I am a new team member here, so I may look stupid saying this, but what is this for?
http://www.andymark.com/FIRST-Choice-p/fc13-027.htm :confused:

It measures the temperature of surfaces by means of laser interferometry.

slijin

08-12-2012 23:21

Re: AndyMark FIRST Choice Tease

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Originally Posted by Richard Wallace (Post 1199994)

It measures the temperature of surfaces by means of laser interferometry.

i.e. it's a cool toy.

Like a snow blower motor.

But with less obvious utility.

dcarr

08-12-2012 23:57

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Originally Posted by slijin (Post 1200006)

i.e. it's a cool toy.

Like a snow blower motor.

But with less obvious utility.

I suppose it could be used to check for overheating on various components? i.e. motors & motor controllers

Akash Rastogi

09-12-2012 11:47

Re: AndyMark FIRST Choice Tease

Just wondering, are we charged regular shipping for FIRST Choice items? I really didn't pay attention when I ordered last season.

Checked my order history from last season and it seems we were not charged - will this continue for this season?

Liz Smith

09-12-2012 13:14

Re: AndyMark FIRST Choice Tease

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Originally Posted by Akash Rastogi (Post 1200040)

Yes, teams pay for shipping.

Here is where you can find confirmation of that:
http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprogr...ordering-rules

You can also find some more information here:

http://www.andymark.com/firstchoiceinfo

Robo Hamsters

19-12-2012 21:17

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Here is an interesting possible hint from AndyMark:

AndyMark Water game T-shirt (am-2414)

Product Overview: AndyMark has been preparing for a water game since the company was founded. Maybe this year?

http://www.andymark.com/product-p/am-2414.htm

team5682zs

04-01-2015 21:47

Re: AndyMark FIRST Choice Tease

Haha, Jeremy Callahan for the win.

Quote:

They are point towards a pallet and what do you do to stuff on pallets you stack stuff and so it will be some to do with stacking boxes and when was the last event we did that?

Mrjcowman

04-01-2015 23:17

Re: AndyMark FIRST Choice Tease

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Originally Posted by jeremy callahan (Post 1192384)

They are point towards a pallet and what do you do to stuff on pallets you stack stuff and so it will be some to do with stacking boxes and when was the last event we did that?

Spot-on, good sir. Spot-on.

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