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Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery
My story is a little, actually quite, different than most of these. I've probably mentioned it once or twice in a couple different threads, so please bare with me (or just stop reading) if I'm repeating myself.
My senior year with 116, we were well on our way to passing inspection (on our first try, no less). Our inspector was talking to another inspector, who specialized in electronics. They asked us politely if we could take a short break in the inspection...
...so they could photograph our electronics layout.
It was, without a doubt, the single moment that has made me the most proud of any robot I've built in FIRST. More proud than when we won the FIRST Vex Challenge pilot in 2005. More proud than when the robot they pictured went further in Atlanta than we've ever gone before. Even more proud than when a rookie team came up to our bot to admire the engineering.
...and I didn't even work on the electronics.  |
I remember that bot. It's why we started using Mini Andersons for everything. That change has made a world of difference in how easy it is to layout a board, integrate mechanisms, and move an electronic component if necessary. Those have also been huge in easing the pain of quickly wiring pneumatic valves, test motors, etc -- there's never a mix-up of putting two female ends together, red to black, etc.