Thread: Programmers on the Drive Team
View Single Post
  #23   Spotlight this post!  
Unread 09-03-2015, 13:29
Gregor's Avatar
Gregor Gregor is offline
#StickToTheStratisQuo
AKA: Gregor Browning
no team
Team Role: College Student
  
Join Date: Jan 2012
Rookie Year: 2012
Location: Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Posts: 2,447
Gregor has a reputation beyond reputeGregor has a reputation beyond reputeGregor has a reputation beyond reputeGregor has a reputation beyond reputeGregor has a reputation beyond reputeGregor has a reputation beyond reputeGregor has a reputation beyond reputeGregor has a reputation beyond reputeGregor has a reputation beyond reputeGregor has a reputation beyond reputeGregor has a reputation beyond repute
Re: Programmers on the Drive Team
Quote:
Originally Posted by JamesCH95 View Post
Three words: magnetic limit switches. Switched (rim-shot) to these in 2013 and have never looked back.

http://www.mcmaster.com/#magnetic-switches/=w8hmkk

We used numerous magnetic limit switches, supplemented with encoders, to pre-program positions for our tote collector and to implement safety-interlocks on most of our robot's mechanisms.
We love WCP's hall effect sensors. Light, cheap, and very easy.

http://www.wcproducts.net/sensors
__________________
What are nationals? Sounds like a fun American party, can we Canadians come?
“For me, insanity is super sanity. The normal is psychotic. Normal means lack of imagination, lack of creativity.” -Jean Dubuffet
"Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." -Albert Einstein
FLL 2011-2015 Glen Ames Robotics-Student, Mentor
FRC 2012-2013 Team 907-Scouting Lead, Strategy Lead, Human Player, Driver
FRC 2014-2015 Team 1310-Mechanical, Electrical, Drive Captain
FRC 2011-xxxx Volunteer
How I came to be a FIRSTer
<Since 2011