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Originally Posted by MechanicalBrain
I love all aspects of robotics but I find I have a special interest in electrical systems. Something about seeing a neat system make me happy. Anyway I created this thread for teams to post pictures of their electrical systems as well as post any unique aspects or little secrets the have learned. Hopefully other electricians can learn and incorporate new ideas into their own systems. Ill start with some of our own secrets. Here's the pic.
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IMHO tubing is a pain. Can't trace wires easily if problem occurs, zip ties can do almost the same function, unnecessary weight (the little things add up!). Also, if the wirer of the tubing is not super picky about how they go on they can look very sloppy, but on the other side of the coin they can look very very neat.
I think a good electrical design is pretty much to the T what 116 did. All of their electronics and controls were in one spot nice neat and organized with output and input wires; there weren't wires running all over the robot which is very very difficult to make it look neat and organized. The box design is very beneficial for the cooling of the system in which I believe they made a wind tunnel effect, one fan on one end blowing in, another an on the opposite end blowing out.
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I love the illegal use of electrical tape in the picture
... not quite sure what it accomplishes though...haha