After 5624562 hours in the machine shop today, we finally solved most of our gearing problems!
.. we are just a couple pounds overweight , but we'll attempt to fix that tomorrow. Our claw is working great, and the pneumatics is actually working for that as well.
Now, just like the title promised, I have a question (which may seem kind of obvious to the experienced, but as a rookie team I need to know):
Is it legal to mount electronics devices (e.g. Victors, spikes) on areas other than the chassis board? (E.g. we were planning on mounting the spikes on somewhat high on the arm component, and the Victors in the holes of the base of our component like our cylinders (see picture) etc. We figured the fuse blocks, battery, power distrubution block, etc should stay on the board. From most of the pictures I've seen on CD so far, all of the electronics seem to be mounted on the chassis itself on the same board. Is there any room for deviation?
I know <R58> states:
<R58> All wiring and electrical devices must be electrically isolated from the ROBOT frame; the
ROBOT frame must not be used to carry electrical current (this isolated ground arrangement
is necessary due to polarity reversals that occur under certain operating conditions such as
during motor direction reversals).
Does that just merely mean that we shouldn't be sending electrical current through our parts, just so that if someone passed by and just happened to come in contact they wouldn't become fried? Or is that regarding where I plan on mounting the electronics .. hmm. (the Victors fit Perfectly in the holes!)
Or maybe I am just overanalyzing this a little too much....
