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Re: Award Winning SmartDashboard extension
On our robot during the competition, we were using 2 IR sensors (Sharp GP2D120) and a limit switch. However, we found that the limit switch kept getting stuck on the balls, so we bought some more of the IR sensors that we will be using on the robot in offseason competitions.
One thing to beware of with the IR sensors is that the case is conductive and connected to ground, so we didn't pass inspection initially until we isolated its case from the chassis. But other than that, we've had really good results with them.
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Maintainer of RobotPy - Python for FRC
Creator of pyfrc (Robot Simulator + utilities for Python) and pynetworktables/ pynetworktables2js (NetworkTables for Python & Javascript)
2017 Season: Teams #1973, #4796, #6369
Team #1418 (remote mentor): Newton Quarterfinalists, 2016 Chesapeake District Champion, 2x Innovation in Control award, 2x district event winner
Team #1418: 2015 DC Regional Innovation In Control Award, #2 seed; 2014 VA Industrial Design Award; 2014 Finalists in DC & VA
Team #2423: 2012 & 2013 Boston Regional Innovation in Control Award
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