Forum: Electrical
12-06-2015, 18:09
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,313
Power Switch
NOTE: This is for a non-FRC application.
I have a robot that I would like to power from a Battery (3S LiPo with a Traxxas Female Connector) or a Power Supply (12V with a Traxxas Female Connector). ...
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Forum: General Forum
15-05-2015, 11:11
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,886
Re: New DIY business
Wayne - Did he buy out a bankrupt Radio Shack? The shelves look awfully familiar.
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Forum: General Forum
29-04-2015, 10:34
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Replies: 103
Views: 21,539
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Forum: General Forum
28-04-2015, 13:37
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Replies: 211
Views: 38,660
Re: 2015 Lessons Learned: The Negative
There was actually More deliberation time required this year, due to the merging of the sub-division fields. I judged on Tesla. We followed the normal process, and eventually got down to a team...
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Forum: Announcements
22-01-2015, 12:15
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Replies: 70
Views: 12,282
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Forum: Announcements
22-01-2015, 09:30
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Replies: 70
Views: 12,282
Re: "Spare Parts" in theaters nationwide Jan. 16!
Very awesome movie. I had a question though. I'm assuming that the ROV that the team made was somewhat realistic, what was the need for the Digital Sidecar since they already had one of the old IFI...
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Forum: Technical Discussion
05-04-2012, 09:35
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Replies: 55
Views: 8,519
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Forum: Scouting
28-03-2012, 16:48
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Replies: 49
Views: 5,499
Re: Tips for Team Promotion to Scouts
Very good advice. We also base our picks solely on performance and not on marketing, except during certain circumstances. This year, more than most the ranking system is very bad at determining how...
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Forum: General Forum
14-03-2012, 13:58
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,850
Re: [DFTF] Camera as Remote Eyes...
Right, same here, forgot to mention it. We are using a newer laptop with 4 GB RAM, 17"? screen and running Windows 7. We needed the screen size for both cameras, plus the Kinect software was super...
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Forum: Control System
14-03-2012, 13:48
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,870
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Forum: General Forum
14-03-2012, 13:43
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,850
Re: [DFTF] Camera as Remote Eyes...
Hit the nail on the head. We are using 2 camera's, one for alignment for our shooter and another for our ball intake/bridge pusher. We power both off the 5V Wago supply using a terminal strip.
We...
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Forum: General Forum
14-03-2012, 11:37
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Replies: 40
Views: 6,189
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Forum: Scouting
13-03-2012, 10:38
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Replies: 59
Views: 12,042
Re: Introducing: CowScout
I found the following bugs with this software:
1. The Offensive/Defensive score for a team is reported to be 0/10. For the team in question I put in random numbers for both (not 0) and this still is...
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Forum: Motors
09-03-2012, 12:15
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Replies: 15
Views: 3,279
Re: [DFTF] Motor & wires...
For us, the BB motor terminals seem a little fragile and have broken off a few times. So now, our process is to crimp a spade terminal on a wire, solder the terminal to the motor (carefully) and...
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Forum: General Forum
09-03-2012, 12:12
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Replies: 28
Views: 3,968
Re: [DFTF] Anderson Powerpole Connectors...
I've heard a lot of good things about these and we tried to use them but we had some problems. Unfortunately I do not have the correct P/N's of the components we used right now but here is what I...
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Forum: Programming
08-03-2012, 15:19
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,727
Re: Driver Station cannot connect to cRio
No joystick is required for this.
What is the IP address of your computer? The DS expects it to be a .6 address in order to use it as a local Dashboard. An easy to fix for this is to set your team...
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Forum: NI LabVIEW
08-03-2012, 14:44
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Replies: 7
Views: 748
Re: How to make sequence happen ONCE, Period!
I'm not going to attempt troubleshooting the logic on this. Here are a few suggestions though.
1. You really should put your switch reads in a loop in Periodic Tasks. It is more of a safety net...
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Forum: Programming
08-03-2012, 11:21
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Replies: 42
Views: 9,830
Re: Driver Station Errors
Are you actually having a problem when using the Robot? In my experience this error isn't a big deal if it throws it every now and then (such as when you Enable) but you will get a lag issue if it...
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Forum: Scouting
08-03-2012, 07:53
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Replies: 59
Views: 12,042
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Forum: General Forum
07-03-2012, 09:44
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Replies: 26
Views: 5,233
Re: What Shooter Design was Most Consistent
Check out FRC-Designs http://www.frc-designs.com/index.html
We posted our CAD of our complete robot. Our shooter is a single 6" KOP wheel powered by a BB-550 w/ a CIM-U-LATOR and a fixed...
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Forum: Scouting
06-03-2012, 20:12
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Replies: 59
Views: 12,042
Re: Introducing: CowScout
Ok thanks for all the information! We are going to test it out this weekend while watching a webcast regional to see if it will work for us.
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Forum: Scouting
06-03-2012, 15:53
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Replies: 59
Views: 12,042
Re: Introducing: CowScout
CowScout looks like a great program! We are going to investigate using it at our next Regional. After looking at this for a bit, I have a few questions:
1. My team's (1208) are inaccurate in Cow...
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Forum: Programming
05-03-2012, 12:41
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Replies: 13
Views: 2,589
Re: Is hybrid valuable?
You can see my other post here (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showpost.php?p=1139056&postcount=16) but in short we found the use of the Kinect very valuable. We did not have the time or...
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Forum: Rules/Strategy
04-03-2012, 20:52
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Replies: 17
Views: 2,513
Re: Human players, kinect
We used the Kinect in almost every match we played and were the only team at Kansas City to use it. We found it very easy to use, after we shoot our 2 balls we use the kinect to drive the robot...
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Forum: Extra Discussion
23-02-2012, 19:04
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Replies: 22
Views: 8,682
Re: paper: How to Get Multiple Cameras on Robot
Maybe it's too late for me, but with this line of logic wouldn't the robot radio be rebooting as well? Since it is not, I don't necessarily agree with this. And isn't that the point of the 12V-5V...
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