View Single Post
  #17   Spotlight this post!  
Unread 24-01-2017, 12:12
marshall's Avatar
marshall marshall is offline
My pants are louder than yours.
FRC #0900 (The Zebracorns)
Team Role: Mentor
 
Join Date: Jan 2012
Rookie Year: 2003
Location: North Carolina
Posts: 1,340
marshall has a reputation beyond reputemarshall has a reputation beyond reputemarshall has a reputation beyond reputemarshall has a reputation beyond reputemarshall has a reputation beyond reputemarshall has a reputation beyond reputemarshall has a reputation beyond reputemarshall has a reputation beyond reputemarshall has a reputation beyond reputemarshall has a reputation beyond reputemarshall has a reputation beyond repute
Re: How to power Mini-PC on robot?

Quote:
Originally Posted by Jon Stratis View Post
Q138 was intentionally worded to be extremely broad, don't deny it. Any attempt to give a detailed response by the GDC would have likely opened up loopholes for teams to exploit. Instead, they gave a simple response that most people can conceptually understand.

Q284, on the other hand, was an extremely straightforward and narrow question, and as such got a straightforward and direct response. Be more like Q284.
Asking them to explain the meaning and intent of a rule is broad? I think not. I wasn't being cute. I was being sincere and trying to get a response.

I'd like to see one of two things:
A) Say that teams can use batteries for computing devices provided it is done safely and doesn't interface with the control or motors for the robot. This can be demonstrated by having the team turn off the robot and see what is still running.

or

B) Make the only legal source of power on the robot to be the ROBOT battery.
__________________
"La mejor salsa del mundo es la hambre" - Miguel de Cervantes
"The future is unwritten" - Joe Strummer
"Simplify, then add lightness" - Colin Chapman
Reply With Quote