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Originally Posted by squirrel
Unfortunately this means it usually ends up taking up a lot of area, and requires also designing the rest of the robot around access to the electronics panel.
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Jim,
There are alternate ways of laying out electrical. We rarely put all of our electrical components in the same area. The power wiring between battery, Victors and motors become shorter when they are placed in such a way in the robot that wiring is more or less straight lines. Think of a star burst with the battery and power distro in the center of the robot (for weight and balance) and then radiating out from there the Victors and motors. In many cases, the motor wires can be attached directly to the speed controllers, eliminating yet another set of connectors and therefore another point of failure. This approach also makes troubleshooting much easier. We also do not use hardware for mounting the speed controllers. Tywraps work great when using a punched aluminum panel for mounting everything.