Forum: Electrical
02-08-2016, 08:49
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Replies: 30
Views: 2,840
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Forum: Technical Discussion
02-08-2016, 08:33
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Replies: 11
Views: 2,032
Re: X-Carve Upgrades
If you are looking for a better CAM system, HSM works or Fusion 360 are both great and are free for students. And you can import solidworks and inventor files (because fusion 360 is basically...
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Forum: Electrical
02-12-2015, 15:51
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Replies: 20
Views: 3,335
Re: Neopixels & regulators
You can use anything. You can send a pwm signal to it and have the arduino read the pulse width, you could have just a simple on and off line going to it, you can have an I2C (which is much more...
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Forum: Electrical
02-12-2015, 14:37
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Replies: 20
Views: 3,335
Re: Neopixels & regulators
Don't even go to the old DC-DC converter. Since it's decoration (at least this was the case in 2014) you can use anything you want to power these things. Seriously all you need to do is look on...
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Forum: General Forum
02-12-2015, 00:08
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,826
Re: Electrical 'Clutch' for winch
Do you have any designs or pictures of that? I don't know how exactly I would go about using a pneumatic cylinder to disengage the spool.
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Forum: General Forum
01-12-2015, 18:56
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,826
Re: Electrical 'Clutch' for winch
I like this design a lot actually, it fits my size requirements perfectly (from what I can tell.) Is there a way this thing free spools? If so, that would be almost perfect for me.
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Forum: General Forum
01-12-2015, 18:55
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,826
Re: Electrical 'Clutch' for winch
It doesn't have to be 1", that is just my initial thought. I was either considering the banebot or the versaplanetary gearbox. 85 ft-lbs is over 1000 in-lbs am I wrong? That should be enough for...
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Forum: General Forum
01-12-2015, 13:55
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,826
Electrical 'Clutch' for winch
I am doing a project where I will be making a winch that needs to release and unspool freely. I am using a banebot gearbox (64:1 most likely) and a bigger motor I found (~400 watts) and I want to...
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Forum: Technical Discussion
13-03-2015, 23:25
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Replies: 50
Views: 8,852
Re: Most damage sustained
Our frame last year sustained damage, not because I accidently ran it into the wall at full speed multiple times because I got distracted watching our ball, but because we put so much power into our...
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Forum: Electrical
21-02-2015, 23:07
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Replies: 36
Views: 6,814
Re: Talon sr, or SRX?
They are not apples to apples, that's the point. This is our first year using CAN. I think the experience is going really well for us. The PIDs are great and the limit switch features are great too....
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Forum: Scouting
17-02-2015, 14:47
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,711
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Forum: Motors
23-01-2015, 10:16
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,842
Re: Mini Cim torque in brake mode?
From what I understand, brake mode shorts the two leads on the motor, or perhaps something similar to that. Try it for yourself. Short the two leads and try to spin the motor. You can, just not very...
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Forum: Electrical
04-01-2015, 12:05
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Replies: 19
Views: 3,173
Re: Which controler for driving mecnum?
Last year we used an Xbox controller and controlled it call of duty style. I liked that setup a lot and want to do it again, but my team this year wants tobdo a 3 axis joystick because it has more...
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Forum: General Forum
04-01-2015, 01:35
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Replies: 36
Views: 8,575
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Forum: General Forum
03-01-2015, 22:29
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Replies: 17
Views: 3,820
Re: New AndyMark Product!
I feel like andymark is slipping a little. I think they should have at least give us a more accurate approximation for the weight.
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Forum: Extra Discussion
31-12-2014, 12:51
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Replies: 66
Views: 14,020
Re: pic: 2015, Year of swerves?
A lot of people are bagging on swerve, but in all honesty, I think people who do swerve will be able to move. I have seen a lot of offseason projects, so if they programmed it and tested it and...
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Forum: Programming
21-12-2014, 01:37
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Replies: 10
Views: 2,323
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Forum: General Forum
18-12-2014, 22:50
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Replies: 1
Views: 1,029
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Forum: General Forum
18-12-2014, 14:41
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,509
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Forum: Rumor Mill
18-12-2014, 14:17
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Replies: 12
Views: 4,780
Re: Solving Game Hints
Why would you leave your Vespa at home? A Vespa is a moped. Mopeds don't particularly have good traction. When I was like 15, I had a moped. I fell on it because the ground was wet.
Water game 2015...
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Forum: Programming
17-12-2014, 12:16
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Replies: 10
Views: 2,323
Re: Labview help needed
You could put a "less than" or "less than or equal to" comparison block and put a constant of 28 and hook it to the top and the temperature to the bottom, then you could do an "or" logic block and...
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Forum: Programming
16-12-2014, 09:20
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Replies: 10
Views: 2,323
Re: Labview help needed
I forgot, and am not 100% sure, but I think that you need to put all the switches and indicators inside the while loop. That is, if you want them to update while the while loop is running.
To switch...
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Forum: General Forum
11-12-2014, 09:22
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Replies: 64
Views: 8,797
Re: Should FRC Team name = HS athletic team name?
Our team is not associated with a single school. And the name is nothing like our schools. Monsters != Vikings, Warriors, or Knights
I know 548 (Robostangs) are associated with their mascot/school...
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Forum: Technical Discussion
11-12-2014, 01:33
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Replies: 27
Views: 5,697
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Forum: Technical Discussion
09-12-2014, 18:29
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Replies: 19
Views: 4,272
Re: Designing for Powder Coating
We got it for the first time last year. We didn't do any preparation, it was a kind of a last minute thing. Unless your robot needs super tight tolerances, it wont make a difference. We had had to...
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