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Originally Posted by AJ R
It looks good! How close together are the components from each other? On our electronics board last year, the speed controllers and spikes were a half inch apart, and it was difficult to get the wires on without excessive bending of the wires.
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This is definitely something you want to keep in mind. There needs to be a decent amount of space at the ends of the victors and spikes for the wires, especially depending on what is controlled and hence what gauge wire is used. We had some similar problems laying out our components in physical space - it's easy to forget about the wires and connectors when dealing with the neat little packages. And as squirrel said, putting the components together with their
sides touching is a great way to save space - this is what we did when our failed pneumatically controlled arm had required 7 spikes to operate.