[Ted Boucher]

Any kind of board will work, but the electronics board is a good area to use as little weight as possible on the robot. We have used lexan and wood boards in the past and they have worked fine. Wood boards are easy to trim down and to make fast changes, so we prefer them.

As for placement of your electronics: you can have everything in one place, this helps with troubleshooting at competitions and it looks nice and neat; or you can place certain electronics in different locations that are concealed in your robot, like the spikes and the speed controllers. But electronics like the main circuit breaker and your robot controller, need to be put in a special spot that is easy to get to. Both strategies work fine and are efficient for a robot at a competition.

You should use as little wire as possible, but don’t pull your cables to tight. If you pull them excessively tight, you run the risk of a robot hitting you hard and a wire getting pulled out due to stress. All sensitive equipment needs to be protected with some sort of a shield. Don’t run the risk of allowing a way to damage the robot controller or any other vital electronics device; it will ruin your day.