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Originally Posted by 449_PeterPeng
Personally, I like the idea of accessable electronics boards. This year, we had a lot of maintainance problems when we put the electronics board on the bellypan and below all the mechanisms.
Though, I don't see how practical it would be to have the board open downward, since maintainance would involve flipping robot to its sides. Have you considered making the board fold upwards?
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Yeah, I have considered that. However, I don't think I could maintain the modularity that the shooter has if I had them open upward. (it's only a couple bolts to remove it). Also, flipping the robot on its side isn't too bad if you're on an open workbench. Since this will never see competition, flipping it shouldn't be too hard. I think that's definitely something to consider for a competition robot though, as I plan on using the general idea in future competition designs. Having easily accessible electronics can definitely be helpful.
Also, it already uses quick release pins to open the doors. (3 on the side where the cRIO, sidecar, and PDB are, and 1 for each door where the jags and spikes are) Those would probably be tied in with cables. (it would be catastrophic if they opened in a match! Yikes!)