Forum: Electrical
02-21-2005, 02:40 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,259
Re: 1 Megohm Potentiometers
Depends on the input impedance of what you are connecting to of course, but Al reminds me of something here - don't forget pots come in linear taper and logarithmic taper. Make sure you get the one...
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Forum: Chairman's Award
02-13-2005, 03:44 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 3,863
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Forum: General Forum
02-13-2005, 12:20 PM
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Replies: 61
Views: 9,131
Re: How supportive is your school janitor?
FIRST is all about working with others. Our custodians support us 100%, and they ask us to respect their work, as they respect ours. They also know that if they need something fixed, or lock their...
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Forum: Website Design/Showcase
02-13-2005, 12:10 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,012
Re: team 230 website
nice. your header is wonderful. you share a url, sorta, with our old site www.shsrobotics.com. we put a popup on our front page of our old site to ask ppl if they are looking for you guys in case...
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Forum: Website Design/Showcase
02-05-2005, 05:13 PM
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Replies: 33
Views: 9,124
Re: PHP Nuke
PHP Nuke and other similar portal systems are not 2 minute websites, nor are they website wizards. Our team has put in over 100 hours of website development and yes, we used a portal system as our...
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Forum: Electrical
02-05-2005, 04:43 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 705
Re: 5-volt custom electronics
LM7805 in TO220 package (Radio Shack) from a fuse protected 12V source, you've got plenty of heat sink available I'm sure (120 pounds of it), but you shouldn't need much. Careful, the heat sink tab...
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Forum: Website Design/Showcase
02-05-2005, 11:14 AM
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Replies: 33
Views: 9,124
Re: PHP Nuke
It's somewhat ironic to see people bashing the use of php nuke and other similar vehicles for website developement. Glad you are doing it on a site that is "powered by vBulletin" :yikes:
Using...
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Forum: General Forum
01-10-2005, 02:25 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 2,823
Re: Shop tools, any suggestions?
Team 752 has a limited budget as well, but we bought a grizzly lathe, bandsaw and milling machine. We got the smaller, cheap versions of all these since not only is our budget limited, but so is our...
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Forum: Career
02-19-2004, 11:35 PM
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Replies: 82
Views: 12,789
Re: Who doesn't want to be an engineer?
No worries Marygrace, I'm a physicist and I like building robots. FIRST teaches so much more than just engineering - it teaches problem solving at many different levels, and THAT is true education. ...
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Forum: Robot Showcase
02-13-2004, 07:20 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 2,292
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Forum: Robot Showcase
02-12-2004, 11:17 PM
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Replies: 83
Views: 5,105
Re: how many teams are driving now?
team 752 driving, but no code done. had a bit of a setback when we forgot that our arm motor was a van motor...... that is backdriveable...... but, at least the bot is moving!
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Forum: General Forum
02-12-2004, 11:06 PM
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Replies: 144
Views: 18,959
Re: Top 10!
"Hey Gil, go get the file grease, Fred has it downstairs.
oh, he's out, ok, get his metric adjustable wrench then ...."
sorry Gil......
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Forum: Extra Discussion
02-09-2004, 11:23 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 13,113
Re: pic: 100% Student Built
i appreciate your wisdom in telling me how to assure my data..... however, i did - i talked to the guys that built it. they agreed that that is what happened. such is life.
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Forum: General Forum
02-09-2004, 10:46 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,023
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Forum: Extra Discussion
02-09-2004, 10:18 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 13,113
Re: pic: 100% Student Built
i certainly can, but i am not about to do that in a public forum to embarass the team. And i am sorry, but i do not have big misconceptions on that matter - a few years ago i asked one team member -...
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Forum: Extra Discussion
02-09-2004, 01:41 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 13,113
Re: pic: 100% Student Built
It is unfortunate to see that people are saying that FIRST does not appreciate the 100% student built robot and believes that there must be engineers/mentors in there building it "for you" and with...
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Forum: Extra Discussion
02-08-2004, 03:32 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 4,525
Re: pic: machines
what i would give for a mill, a lathe, a big drill press. we have a donated (by me) 100 dollar drill press and some hand tools. Oh, but we do have a 9.6 V dewalt drill! It's a bit difficult to...
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Forum: Chit-Chat
02-05-2004, 11:19 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 2,451
Re: Radioactive Bathroom
Old fiestaware is radioactive because uranium was used to obtain that nice orange color. New fiestaware is not radioactive. you can get the old stuff in antique stores for about 20 bucks a plate. ...
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Forum: General Forum
02-03-2004, 10:50 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,547
Re: Still no kit of parts
I havent received our missing parts either - nothing important, just the aluminum hex things that connect the motors to the driveshaft..... :mad: how long does it take to throw them in a bag and...
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Forum: Electrical
02-03-2004, 10:43 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,039
Re: Stupid Question about Static Electricity
buy leather seats. you might try getting some of the antistatic spray that women use on their dresses and spray it on the seat. cloth seat covers would probably help. I had this problem in my...
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Forum: Extra Discussion
02-01-2004, 07:10 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,321
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Forum: Regional Competitions
02-01-2004, 06:56 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,284
Re: New Jersey - Weather forecasts
I'd lay odds against snow, perhaps 3:1. Anthony, from team 25, I don't know about your air in North Brunswick, but mine in East Brunswick is very nice. New Jersey is a great state, and anyone who...
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Forum: Rumor Mill
01-31-2004, 03:46 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 3,574
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Forum: General Forum
01-31-2004, 03:43 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 3,598
Re: Update 6
Sensors are not controls. How in the world can you be certain of how your program works without having motors attached? Particularly for rookie teams. How can you see how fast a line driver is...
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Forum: General Forum
01-31-2004, 11:52 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 3,598
Re: Update 6
Keeping with the haves and have nots, since you can keep your control electronics and continue programming, if you don't have anything left on site to test with, it would be difficult to continue...
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