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Question Re: Multiple pneumatics control modules?

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Originally Posted by runger723 View Post
Is it legal to use more than one pneumatics control module with the new roborio system? We need more than the 8 ports that are on this one. Thanks!
Just curious, but what's your general design? We've gone all-electric this year for the first time (our fourth; we have ONE four year robotics senior). Actually, this is a bit annoying to our controls mentor; even though he has an IBEW tattoo, he really likes pneumatics better.

BTW, our all-electric design is here, though I believe we were planning a pneumatic brake at the time of that post. We're going with a servo-actuated pawl in the form of a ratchet wrench acting on a hex shaft. It'll be a bit more work on the programmers (stop it first, back up before releasing), but I hope we're up to it.