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Hmmm... A 'black box' for the robot!

Posted by Raul, Engineer on team #111, Wildstang, from Rolling Meadows & Wheeling HS and Motorola.

Posted on 5/19/99 12:04 PM MST


In Reply to: Re: remote the relays... posted by Thomas A. Frank on 5/19/99 10:24 AM MST:



: Hello All;

: I agree wholeheartedly! We need two boxes, a power distribution assembly which
: contains all the circuit breakers, relays, and current shunts to monitor outputs, battery monitor,
: and a separate control box with the microcontroller, the analog and digital inputs, PWM outputs,
: interrupts, and a PCMCIA spread spectrum RF ethernet card.

: Using the ethernet would allow bidriectional communications, which would be great for
: troubleshooting, and real time display of status. Imagine having a display at the player
: station that showed the state of say a switch which would let you know when you were against
: a pole or in some other state as desired...

: FIRST could also run a packet sniffer/capture program which would store the whole match,
: and allow them to show, after the fact, whether there were any problems with their equipment. That
: would ensure maximum fairness in the rematch area.

: The RF SS EN setup would also do away with the need for the tether adapters, turning in RNet's, and
: all the related inconvienience of the present system.

: Tom Frank

I also agree. These are great ideas!

Raul


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