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Unread 16-12-2013, 07:40
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Al Skierkiewicz Al Skierkiewicz is offline
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Re: MicroControllers at competitions

WildStang manufactured a current monitor called StangSense a number of years ago. We used a one foot piece of #10 wire and a current monitor circuit from Maxim. We then ported the data to the robot data link and recorded the data at the driver's station. I believe the file is still on CD someplace.
The current monitor that was added to robots at IRI was from HQ. They wanted to gather data to confirm the high current spikes I had mentioned in conversation. The data recorders were supervised by Wayne Penn as I remember.
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