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Re: Things Learned During Build Season

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Originally Posted by Wing View Post
Also: bad PWM cables exist.
1. Yes, bad PWM cables exist. Also, bad digital sidecar modules exist. Um, wait, what? We found this one out after our programmers spent a week trying to debug code that wasn't broken, but wouldn't work.

2. LabVIEW really sucks if you don't KNOW LabVIEW. As heard from our mentor "There's no way to easily debug LabVIEW. Switch to Java soon or I'm leaving!"

3. Just because Inventor tells you it's not going to flip, does not mean it ain't going to flip.

4. Please look at your design constraints before you actually design something. Our shooter team spent the first four weeks designing a turret shooter, only to mount it and find out they forgot that they have limited space and in it's initial position, it sticks a good bit outside the frame perimeter, and it'd have to be retracted everytime we would like to cross the bridge.

5. (Personal one) Missing Presidents Day because you're sick really does suck. You miss out on a whole bunch of last minute decisions while you're gone too.

6. Just for fun, MMR2410 has had 3 years of Sweetheart Dance royalty Wohoo!

Happy Competition Season everyone!
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