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They certainly have the option to be attached to a manifold, according to these specs.

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Automation Direct is a wonderful sponsor. But what did your team find from our other sponsors like Digikey, Inventables and TE Connectivity?
so far we have got a Roborio from Andymark and the and the SRXes from CTRE. the team captains are looking over the rest this weekend..
thinking maybe some endmils or some of this from Inventables

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From last year, we got LED switches, resistors, and LED strips from Digikey; terminals, the header kit, and a small sheet of polycarb from Inventables.

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I am really excited to use the Statechart LabVIEW module from NI. We have created state machines in our robot code previously, but these will be much more explicit, easier to understand, and easier to debug I expect.

Thanks NI for continuing to bring us some awesome tools!

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Have you been able to use it yet? When I tried it said I need LabVIEW 2015, which I didn't think we would get until kickoff.

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Agreed, I had no intention of slighting any of the other KOP sponsors - only to generate some extra publicity for our program (full disclosure, I am paid to do that ;-)

The other suppliers are all very generous also, and I think it's a great idea to share information about what you may be getting from them (when you have choices). This can only help other teams, that may not have as much experience.

Chip

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I have enabled new vouchers for 11 teams (the "first 10", and the "only qualifying" team of the 5 random teams). These vouchers should now be active in the Automation Direct account used for your first purchase - just log back in and shop. The credit should be applied at check-out (let me know via PM - BEFORE you order - if you don't see the credit).

I'll check back at 3:00 pm EST to see if any other teams would like to vie for the remaining 4 random slots ;-) Remember, you have to complete your purchase at our webstore AND post here with a note about what you bought.

Congrats to teams: 2493, 3049, 358, 857, 1323, 4918, 4039, 5842, 2052, 5414 and to the not-so-randomly selected team 1529.

Chip

PS Mark McLeod mentioned the free tubing cutter (thanks Mark!) . We started including those last year with each "voucher" purchase. The inspectors in our region tell us that poorly-cut tubing (non-square ends) are a common cause of leaks. And the small advertisement on the side of the cutter is a nice reminder about where you can find good quality parts, at great prices, with super fast (sometimes FREE) shipping ;-)

The cutter is free again this year (automatically added to all FRC voucher orders), while supplies last, bla, bla, bla...

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Just made my purchase:

1 - AVS-5221-24D VALVE 4-WAY 2-POS Cv=0.78 24VDC 1/8in FNPT SPOOL DBL-SOL ALUM

Order Number: 9213065


Thanks Automation Direct!

Last year we bought:

1 - AM1-AN-4A - INDUC PROX 12mm NPN 8mm RNG 3-WIRE DC N.O. 2m CABLE UNSHIELDED

1 - BM-N0901 - Cable Tie Mounts

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Thanks Automation Direct! My order number is 9213085. I got this Pneumatic valve!
AVS-5221-24D
VALVE 4-WAY 2-POS Cv=0.78 24VDC 1/8in FNPT SPOOL DBL-SOL ALUM

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Just used our extra credits, thanks!

AVS-5221-24D
VALVE 4-WAY 2-POS Cv=0.78 24VDC 1/8in FNPT SPOOL DBL-SOL ALUM

AM-522
MANIFOLD 2-STATION FOR AVS-52 SERIES VALVES ALUM

(also digging the interactiveness of the company!)

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Team 1746 just submitted our order using the PDV! We'll let someone else get any of the remaining bonus offers since we already get more than enough support from Automation Direct.

We want to thank Automation Direct for being a great program sponsor for FIRST as well as our team's founding sponsor. We are excited to head into our team's 11th year of competition with them as our lead sponsor.

Thanks Chip!

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Sorry for the delay folks. I tried to change my e-mail address, and managed to lock myself out of CD for a couple hours... Doh!

I have now enabled credits for Teams 2781, 1038, and another for 2493 (I didn't specifically rule out recursive entries - and given the low number of qualifying teams - I realized they had actually met the requirements - again!). Just log in to the same account you used for your first order and start shopping - the credit should appear in your shopping cart.

That will do it for this promo. But we may do something similar as the season heats up, check back here on CD for details!

Good luck with Stronghold!


Chip (and the rest of the Automation Direct team)

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And you do your job very well

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We did our TE voucher. It's a little strange since it is done through the product sample site so they never give you a total or anything like that as you are requesting product.



Basically we got some ring terminals and a lot of heat shrink. When I did the math what I ordered came out to just under $25 but I may have made a mistake or they may have removed some quantity to account for shipping costs, I'm not really sure. Either way it's a nice addition to the KOP.

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Automation Direct's prox and photoelectric sensor selection have always been very nice, with affordable prices. :)