Thread: Kit item request for 2006
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Re: Kit item request for 2006
With the exception of the CMU Cam, I believe most of the sensors (banners, gyro, hall effect) were donated or given to FIRST for next to nothing. If we got ADXRS300EB's in the kit as gyro's, or a sparkfun IMU board, I think you might find more teams using them.

I've actually found some interesting uses for the Banners, but nothing you couldn't do with a $5 part instead of the $50 the Banner's cost...but they were "free" so why not.

I don't see why pot's aren't included in the kit - perhaps because they are so cheap as COTS parts. My vote is for a good set of optical, high speed (ball bearing), medium count per rev (high enough for good resolution, but low enough to not flood the RC with interrupts) rotary encoders and a high quality gyro.