Thread: Joysticks.....Again. check it out, Joe.
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my interpretation
Posted by Nate Smith.

Other on team #66, GM Powertrain/Willow Run HS, from Eastern Michigan University and GM Powertrain.

Posted on 2/29/2000 7:01 PM MST


In Reply to: Interesting response... posted by Joe Johnson on 2/29/2000 6:04 PM MST:



: This is a very interesting response from FIRST.

: How then are we to determine what is an unlimited 'material' and what is forbidden?

: 100Kohm pots are allowed as long as they are linear taper and wired as indicated.

: Switches of any kind are allowed as long as they are wired as indicated.

: Wire: it too is allowed.

: Plastic: Allowed

: Put them all together: Not allowed

: What if a team used a joystick only for its switches?

: Let's say that FIRST says, No, this is not allowed. Then what about a larger industrial palm switch from McMaster say? Is this allowed as a switch or disallowed as a joystick?

: How are we to decide where a legal linear tape pot or a standard switch in an unlimited material ends and an illegal component begins?

: How is this going to be determined?

: Joe J.


Here's how i'd interpret this...
homemade = ok
off-the-shelf(due to possible incompatibilites) = not ok

Nate
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