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Originally Posted by JohnBoucher
Is there a happy story for every horror story? As the problems localized, earlier shipped vs later shipped?
Is the documentation correct? Once the six weeks starts, will the teams that have waited to get the electronics be able to get them working easily?
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Put us in the happy story file.
We received the shipment a week ago. We went through the benchtop tests slowly and deliberately.
The floating inputs on the DS caused some problems, but by grounding the input we got tank mode. Jumpering to +5 put us in arcade mode.
It took one of our students about an hour to setup the wireless components. He had some problems with security. Unfortunately, he didn't document the problems and solutions.
Once we completed the benchtop tests, we added components one at a time and used the examples to test operation. We connected the encoders from super shifters started the encoder example, spun the output shaft, and observed the display. The same with the camera servos, compressor, etc.
We now have the full drive system (2 super shifters with CIMs, full pneumatic system and 2 Jaguars) plus the camera fully operational. We are programming a basic robot for bench test. In a week or so, we'll integrate into a robot.
We first tested with Victors then with Jaguars. As noted in other threads, the low speed performance of the Jaguars is impressive.
The early shipment is really an extension of the beta test, so the documentation will be much better by kickoff and should help the teams seeing it for the first time.