View Single Post
  #28   Spotlight this post!  
Unread 07-02-2006, 17:30
Idaman323 Idaman323 is offline
In Theory, Our Robot Would Own.
FRC #1706
Team Role: Driver
 
Join Date: Feb 2005
Rookie Year: 2005
Location: Wentzville, MO
Posts: 116
Idaman323 is an unknown quantity at this point
Re: Stupidest Programming Mistakes

Well, It wasn't exactly a programming error, but it made me think it was. Someone, when wiring the bot, plugged the speed controllers into the Relay outputs instead of the PWM outputs. I sat there looking through the code trying to edit, and reload code on the bot for 3 hours.

Our Robot Controler was upside down, so I couldn't see what it was plugged into. Everytime I aksed someone to check the speed controllers, I always asked someone else to check it, Since I didn't wire it. I wasn't sure exactly how it was wired. Finally after getting REALY tired of mesing with it, I lay down under it and looked. I was look and the robot controller to find out the speed controllers were in the Relays and not the PWM. After that, It worked from then on out. It got me very frusterated But now its all good.
__________________
TEAM 1706
2007 Judges Award, St. Louis (For our amazing ability to have bad luck)
2005 Rookie Inspiration Award, St. Louis