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Originally Posted by JamesBrown
Sorry i didnt search i am relatively new to this forum. As far as the IR beacons i have been leaning towards wanting to use them for a while. Also due to the size of our team i am going to be alone on programming, is this unrealistic? One last question could you have DIP switches on the bot to switch between Auto modes, I was thinking 3 switches would give you 9 different modes.
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Exactly how many people are there on your team? The main problem with one-programmer teams is that comments get bad or disappear entirely as the season goes on, leaving people who read the code later entirely up a creek. If you are an upper-classman, you should try to find someone to take "under your wing" as early as possible -- and stick to it -- as the long-term rewards will outweigh any appearance of slow progress during the build season. I made the mistake of being the only programmer on my HS team, but that was back in the simple days of basic
DIP switches are great for auton. mode selection, but they are quite small and, if improperly mounted, can be fragile, so keep that in mind when constructing. Three "on-off" switches of any kind will give you 8 selections, corresponding to the binary values 0-7.