Forum: General Forum
22-12-2016, 06:28
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Replies: 7
Views: 742
Re: what to use some of the vouchers for?
We use the Digi-Key voucher to buy all of the connector housings and contacts for PWM and sensor cables that we use for the entire year. Over a few years we accumulated enough leftovers that we were...
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Forum: General Forum
15-12-2016, 11:46
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Replies: 164
Views: 22,429
Re: New AndyMark Product Game Hint???
I drive past the one and only Wiffle factory every day and I've noticed no unusual activity lately. Plus, I probably would have heard something unless they're VERY good at keeping secrets. The place...
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Forum: General Forum
12-12-2016, 10:12
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,278
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Forum: Technical Discussion
08-12-2016, 10:15
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Replies: 21
Views: 1,442
Re: drilling larger holes in aluminum
We've used cutters like those and they work very well in aluminum. Our approach for bearing holes is a bit different. We use a 28mm cutter (a couple thousandths too small) and follow up with an...
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Forum: Technical Discussion
08-12-2016, 10:08
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Replies: 21
Views: 1,442
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Forum: Electrical
08-12-2016, 06:06
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Replies: 28
Views: 2,401
Re: New AM Shrink Tube Solder
We've used them for making PWM Y-cables many times and they have served us well. The finished splices are stronger than the wire at either end. We have never tried them on wire larger than 22 AWG....
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Forum: Technical Discussion
20-11-2016, 14:53
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Replies: 21
Views: 1,547
Re: Questions About Tools
We don't use a bench grinder very often, but it's been useful a few times. Sometimes we need a bolt just a thread or two shorter. Then there was that time in week 6 of build season in 2015 when we...
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Forum: Games/Trivia
10-11-2016, 11:01
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Replies: 1,810
Views: 123,111
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Forum: Technical Discussion
26-10-2016, 06:30
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Replies: 36
Views: 3,272
Re: Reliability of Pixy Camera?
The Pixy is primarily a color sensor, so there is a balance to be found between consistently seeing what you want it to see with the exclusion of everything else. There are settings within the...
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Forum: Technical Discussion
25-10-2016, 09:02
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Replies: 36
Views: 3,272
Re: Reliability of Pixy Camera?
We shot from anywhere along the outer works and from along the left edge of the field (as viewed from our driver station). Our preferred and most practiced spot was halfway between the low bar and...
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Forum: Technical Discussion
24-10-2016, 14:22
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Replies: 36
Views: 3,272
Re: Reliability of Pixy Camera?
We used the Pixy camera from week 5 on in Stronghold. It was the key to our autonomous high shot and a major contributor to our 9-11 high goal matches. The interface we chose to use was the simplest...
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Forum: General Forum
03-09-2016, 08:01
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Replies: 31
Views: 2,531
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Forum: Electrical
20-07-2016, 15:38
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Replies: 37
Views: 3,236
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Forum: Technical Discussion
18-07-2016, 11:02
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Replies: 19
Views: 1,658
Re: Driver Station Laptop
This year we used an Acer Aspire One netbook running Windows 10 on an Intel Atom and it did everything we asked of it. We did not do image processing on the driver station. As far as I know, nobody...
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Forum: Electrical
15-06-2016, 07:18
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,023
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Forum: General Forum
13-06-2016, 06:08
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Replies: 32
Views: 4,158
Re: Do Non-School Teams Have An Advantage?
We can only dream about these. Often the school affiliation feels like shackles.
We can't take home-schooled kids from within our own town.
Except for large distances where air travel is...
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Forum: Technical Discussion
20-05-2016, 18:36
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Replies: 77
Views: 8,421
Re: Is Welding Worth It?
We've discussed welding but haven't gone down that path. Our frames for the past 3 years have been riveted with 3/16" stainless rivets (they were free...). We sheared no rivets and the frame was...
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Forum: General Forum
18-05-2016, 13:40
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Replies: 53
Views: 8,535
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Forum: General Forum
18-05-2016, 12:59
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Replies: 53
Views: 8,535
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Forum: General Forum
18-05-2016, 10:50
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Replies: 53
Views: 8,535
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Forum: General Forum
03-05-2016, 16:23
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Replies: 14
Views: 2,333
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Forum: General Forum
24-04-2016, 16:00
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Replies: 32
Views: 3,839
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Forum: General Forum
19-04-2016, 05:59
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Replies: 34
Views: 4,714
Re: Security at St. Louis
I've carried my trusty Leatherman Skeletool in plain view at champs for the past 3 years and it's never been mentioned.
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Forum: Programming
11-04-2016, 10:09
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Replies: 19
Views: 2,697
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Forum: General Forum
11-04-2016, 06:03
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,909
Re: Autonomous High Goal goes In and Out
It's happened to us at least 10 times so far this season. We've seen about equal amounts of in the front/out the side and in one side/out the other. Maybe once or twice the chains threw it back out...
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