Re: FIRST Choice, what did you get?
 

Yes. I'll get another one too if there are any left after kickoff. As a team with no computers in our shop other than one old classmate and one old desktop last season we can build a very good CAD pc and save $$$$ on graphics. The Quadro K4000 is $732!!! (Newegg.com & www.amazon.com) It was from the last generation of Nvidia Quadro cards and if you compare its specs to the current series it is roughly equivalent to a K2200 ($440).

No more toting my desktop to and from the shop and my house.

Re: FIRST Choice, what did you get?
 

Hello! Our team got a cRIO, 4 jaguars, 2 encoder kits, 2 3d printer filaments, some Andymark motors, and some other misc.

Also, I know that this is off topic, but has anyone ever tried to run Victors from an Arduino? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

Re: FIRST Choice, what did you get?
 

We got:

• Microsoft Lifecam HD3000 Camera
• 2 Pneumatic Pressure Switch
• 2 Snap Action Breaker Kit
• Freelin-Wide Transparent Blue Tubing
• 2 Parker Fitting Kit
• REV Protoboard
• Diagonal Cutter

We got 325 Credits worth. We really wanted to get at least one Solenoid Valve and Battery, but we will see if we can buy at least a Solenoid.

Re: FIRST Choice, what did you get?
 

Yeah, big win for AndyMark with the priority list. Good on you guys!

As for us, as I expected, the random number generator was biased against teams with numbers that are 7 higher than (2^3 * 5^2 * 13), so we didn't get batteries even though they were our number one choice. Here's out haul, quantity on the left:

• 1 Microsoft Lifecam HD3000 Camera (fc15-016)
• 1 Attack 3 Joystick (fc15-064)
• 2 Encoder Kit (fc15-039)
• 4 1/4" x 1/4" Rigid Coupling (fc15-075)
• 1 Freelin-Wade Black Tubing (fc15-009)
• 2 Parker Prestolok Straight 1/8NPT Male to 1/4in tube (10 ct.) (fc15-070)
• 1 Igus 2014 Bag (fc15-102)
• 2 26mm OD 10mm ID Bearings (Sleeve of 8) (fc15-032)
• 1 Tantalum capacitor kit: T491 Kit (fc15-060)
• 2 Green Ring Light (fc15-033)
• 1 Micro switch set of 10 (fc15-017)
• 2 Ethernet Port Saver (fc15-030)
• 2 iglide® PRT slewing ring (fc15-103)
• 4 3/8" Jaw Coupling Hub (fc15-072)
• 1 Quadro K4000 Video Card (fc15-114)
• 1 Diagonal Cutter (fc15-100)

But yeah, would AndyMark please order the list based on priority number? That would make things much more apparent at a quick look since what people really want to get out of it is just "WHAT DID I GET!?!?"

Re: FIRST Choice, what did you get?
 

It looks like we hit the jackpot (for us, anyway).

1 cRIO
2 Analog Breakout
2 Digital Sidecar
4 Sensor Panel (gyro & accel)
2 Power Distribution Boards
2 Pneumatic Pressure Switches
2 10pk of 1/8NPT fittings
2 3/8 x 3/8 rigid coupling
2 3/8 x 3/8 beam coupling
4 Victor 888
1 Gates HTD 131 Tooth Belt

For those wodering why we were getting the old control system components, we keep old robots up and running and also plan to use the components for workshops/classes. Alas, we didn't get any pneumatics tubing which we were hoping for.

Re: FIRST Choice, what did you get?
 

We didn't do too bad.

x2 - 12V Battery (fc15-008)
x4 - AndyMark 9015 Motor (fc15-002)
x4 - Spike (fc15-112)
x4 - Victor 888 (fc15-019)
x1 - Freelin-Wade Black Tubing (fc15-009)
x1 - Freelin-Wade Red Tubing (fc15-011)
x2 - Snap Action Breaker Kit (fc15-115)
x2 - Micro switch, set of 10 (fc15-017)
x2 - Diagonal Cutter (fc15-100)

Re: FIRST Choice, what did you get?
 

4901 pushed in all the chips and got:

4x Victors
0x Battery
1x Battery Charger
2x Encoder Kit
1x Crimping tool
0x Spike (huh...)
1x Breaker kit (who isn't always one breaker short?)
0x Seat motor (and we're a Bosch team!)
2x Velcro kit
1x REV Protoboard
4x Pushbuttons
0x Beam couplings
0x 1/2" Rigid couplings
8x Stealth Wheels
4x Low-Profile Pushbuttons

I wasn't quite expecting the pneumatics parts to fly off the shelves--we loaded up on them last year well past Kickoff. Guess we'll have to get our air the hard way*.

*Or is it really hard when they say us mentors are full of hot air?

Re: FIRST Choice, what did you get?
 

Tons of Velcro.

Re: FIRST Choice, what did you get?
 

6 solenoids
2 ring lights
1 multimeter
1 slewing ring
2 Velcro kits
2 pressure switches
1 sensor panel

Re: FIRST Choice, what did you get?
 

This was a big plus for AndyMark well done and thanks for adding the two suggestions I made as a Beta tester.

Does anyone have a list of when items ran out of stock in what round?

I know that the 12 volt batteries where gone during round one as we didn't get any and they are number one on our list.

Now lets see what round two will bring and there are more items coming or at least that's what the blog says.

Re: FIRST Choice, what did you get?
 

Only if we're blowhards.

Re: FIRST Choice, what did you get?
 

Is this the third or fourth year of FirstChoice? In either case, AndyMark really made it work very, very well this time. Very nice job, folks!! And thank you.

Re: FIRST Choice, what did you get?
 

I think it started for the 2011 season (but don't quote me on that). Nice to see the website not dying under the press of everyone trying to get in at once.

Re: FIRST Choice, what did you get?
 

We missed the priority deadline, but still managed to pick up some nice stuff.

These were the most useful items, and then there was a bunch of miscellaneous stuff.
Quadro K4000 GPU
Digital Multimeter
4x Victor 888
Diagonal Cutters
Igus 3D printer filament

It's a shame teams are limited to one GPU. Would've gotten a second one for SLI. :D

Re: FIRST Choice, what did you get?
 

After looking through how FIRST Choice worked this year I was trying to think of ways the algorithm could be improved.

What are people's thoughts on having a max qty per round variable on each item?

In the current system if a team wanted to order 20 PDBs they could have with their #1 item and taken 20 or all the PDBs that were remaining if under 20.

However if the system had a max per round setup, a team could still try to get 20 but they would have to do it over 10 rounds if the PDB had a max qty per round of 2. I'm not sure how much of improvement this would be but it's one of the few flaws I see in the system, and I'm not actually sure anything like this was exploited or not.