Forum: Starting New Teams
21-04-2008, 09:07
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,734
Re: New Team Different Country
It looks like there've been 4 German teams:
936 (http://www.team358.org/files/team_lookup/?id=936&results=Find+Team) (Competed 2002 - 2003)
1337...
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Forum: Championship Event
19-04-2008, 22:30
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Replies: 67
Views: 6,833
Re: 2008 Championships Webcast
Really late reply: The white blimp had a camera on it that was being fed to the video guys. It showed up on the FLL screens a few times, I'm not sure it was on any FRC screens though (we were too...
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Forum: Electrical
21-03-2008, 15:15
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Replies: 6
Views: 925
Re: help please
Depends what kind of mouse too. A PS/2 Mouse just has a Data, Ground, Power and Clock lines (source: Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PS/2_connector)).
If its USB there are four pins: Power,...
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Forum: Sensors
23-02-2008, 18:16
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Replies: 27
Views: 4,211
Re: IR Board Problem
I got it to work!
The things I changed (note I don't know if all these are necessary):
Devices Tab:
Choose PIC16F87
Options Tab:
Provided the MPLAB devices directory (you really only need one file...
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Forum: Sensors
19-02-2008, 21:42
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Replies: 27
Views: 4,211
Re: IR Board Problem
Thanks. The files are identical. So that's not the problem.
I'll keep fiddling with it and post if I have any success...
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Forum: Sensors
19-02-2008, 16:53
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Replies: 27
Views: 4,211
Re: IR Board Problem
I'm using iambujo's method of a serial dongle connected to the board.
Yes, I saw that and set both of them. Maybe I'll try again on a different computer. Thanks for your help. Its strange...
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Forum: Sensors
19-02-2008, 10:27
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Replies: 27
Views: 4,211
Re: IR Board Problem
Yes I unzipped the hex file. I can read from the device without error (although now its empty!). I don't think the serial port voltage is too low, it erased the device fine. As soon as I open the...
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Forum: Sensors
18-02-2008, 21:40
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Replies: 27
Views: 4,211
Re: IR Board Problem
So I did this, I was able to initialize (once I used a desktop, not a laptop) and I was able to erase the program currently on there. But when I go to load the FIRSTIR.hex, it gives me an error...
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Forum: Electrical
18-02-2008, 14:49
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Replies: 3
Views: 705
Re: Speed controlers
Usually its from bits of metal shorting out the transistors inside. Or if you wire the input reverse.
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Forum: Sensors
17-02-2008, 23:23
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Replies: 27
Views: 4,211
Re: IR Board Problem
I have a pretty detailed post here (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=64309) about that. :)
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Forum: Electrical
17-02-2008, 20:36
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Replies: 18
Views: 1,858
Re: Problems with victor blowing
Well it seems that it was a bad CIM motor. It happened once more a week ago. We changed out the motor and it has been fine since then. Most likely a short that occured only in certain positions.
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Forum: Electrical
17-02-2008, 01:57
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,603
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Forum: Electrical
16-02-2008, 21:32
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,246
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Forum: Electrical
16-02-2008, 21:26
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,246
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Forum: Electrical
16-02-2008, 20:58
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,246
Alternative "Fix" for IR Sensor to Team Update 10
Update 10 suggests putting a switch in series with the power of the IR sensor board. Unfortunately this is a hassle in that you have to remember the process of turning the robot on, then turning the...
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Forum: Electrical
16-02-2008, 16:35
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,142
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Forum: Sensors
16-02-2008, 16:34
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Replies: 6
Views: 3,051
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Forum: Programming
15-02-2008, 19:59
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Replies: 3
Views: 971
Re: IRboard
Right. But if we're having the same problem as niagra127 (which it seems like) the board powers up correctly. It programs correctly (meaning the sensors are working, etc.) just doesn't work after...
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Forum: Programming
14-02-2008, 21:58
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Replies: 3
Views: 971
Re: IRboard
We're also having the same problem with one of our boards. Did you find out what the problem was? Thanks.
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Forum: Electrical
08-02-2008, 17:51
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Replies: 18
Views: 1,858
Re: Problems with victor blowing
I never said it was fixed, just that it seems to be working fine now. We're still going to investigate the problem, but we had to leave the shop today. We're going to contact IFI and see if its...
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Forum: Electrical
08-02-2008, 16:27
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Replies: 18
Views: 1,858
Re: Problems with victor blowing
The motors all seemed to have the same resistance between them, so there isn't a short in the motors. We tested each motor individually on an older speed controller. They both worked going through a...
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Forum: Rules/Strategy
18-01-2008, 17:09
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Replies: 53
Views: 4,767
Re: How many people like bumpers?
I agree 100%. Its an added 15 pounds to help lower your center of gravity. Only issue I ever had with it was that it made it kinda difficult to go up the ramp in 2006.
Overall I think bumpers are a...
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Forum: Regional Competitions
18-01-2008, 11:56
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Replies: 123
Views: 19,218
Re: 2008 Regional Registration Progress
I realize I'm a bit late with all of this -- but I read through this thread and decided to go through our database with the team info. Some strange things happen before teams were given permanent...
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Forum: Website Design/Showcase
29-09-2006, 17:27
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,123
Re: Proboards Forums--good or bad?
They use a custom codebase, its not phpBB. :)
Personally I like ProBoards, in my opinion its the best remotely hosted free forum around. The ads aren't too intrusive and it is relatively...
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Forum: Website Design/Showcase
03-05-2006, 22:04
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Replies: 39
Views: 3,057
Re: Need MySQL and PHP Server!
You could also just download Apache and PHP and MySQL, Perl, etc. and run them as services on your local machine (which is basically what those other ones mentioned before my post do...except those...
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