Thread: How do you design a robot that doesn't brownout?
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Re: How do you design a robot that doesn't brownout?
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Originally Posted by aciarniello View Post
Michael,

I like this concept, its a good way to think through a match--particularly in a game like 2015, where the procedures are fairly consistent.

Do you plan to use this to do load-shedding programmatically? Or is the plan more to use it in terms of training your drive team on what actions can occur simultaneously?
Ideally we won't have to do any load shedding, but we'll see how that goes. An easy target is selectively running the compressor. From a non-FRC robot programmer's point of view (i.e., mine), it would seem trivial to cut off the compressor when, say, I activate manipulator 2 and turn it back on when manipulator 2 deactivates (ignoring any effects from the momentary in-rush current of the compressor motor).