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New Speed Controllers :)
Do you think we will get Victor 885's in the Kit next year?
click here to see 885 OOooh soo excited. :) Already have half an OI built on Photoshop :] -Pavan |
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120A continuous? Pretty wicked :D Maybe we will get them with the new RC I have been hearing so much about :rolleyes:
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To use more current, we'd need bigger motors. Bigger motors increase robot power and also mechanical stresses, thus requiring more strength (and therefore more weight) in the mechanisms that use them. And of course more powerful robots would require a more robust field to contain them. I think the robots are wearing out the carpet, field boundaries, field elements, and game pieces fast enough as things stand now -- more power is not needed. More (robot) intelligence is. :] |
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We can dream cant we? Pavan |
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Though it would probably be very fun, I doubt it would be safe to drive around 250lb metal beasts at 30fps in a FIRST game... |
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The Victor 885 is intended for 24 volt applications.
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Anyway, as long as we're using 40A snap action breakers on each circuit, the capability of the 885 won't be exploited. We'd get a small benefit in reduced voltage drop. For FRC use that doesn't seem worth the difference in price. 885s seem to be intended for big bots. 24V x 120A is 2880 Watts; at about 75% efficiency that would be about 3 HP at the motor shaft. Way too much power for a FIRST robot, even if we were to get motors that could handle it. |
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They cost to much. I would rather see some programmability in the speed controllers. Like current limiting, current feedback and protection circuitry. Also maybe a small cheaper ESC for the window motors and van door motor. International rectifier has allot of new automotive stuff with some reference designs that could be Incorporated into First robot motor control. If we had intelligent speed controllers, the 2005 Fisher Price motor problem could have been solved at the speed controller. While servo pwm has worked well, maybe its time to think about going to a motor control bust or something.
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who says we are even going to have carpet next year (my vote(and hopes) is on water... :D )
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:) Pavan |
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draining 120A continously will COMPLETELY drain your battery in 9 minutes flat. SO think about it if you have 2 motors (probally drive) running around 120. you battery will completey be drained in 4.5 minutes. Not to mention everything else your running. This means (estimate only) that by the end of the match your battery would be around 6-7 volts maybe. do you really wanna drain your batteries that fast? Besides doesn't that ruin them?
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well anyway why would they let you use 120A continuously if they can just step up to the old 883's that run up to 60A continuously. I think that is more acceptable, plus you dont have to use practically a solid copper rod for a wire.
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By the way, you would be much better off using thick stranded wire than one solid piece of wire. Current flows on the surface of a conductor, so the amount of current a single piece of wire can transmit is limited by its size. |
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