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Originally Posted by CalTran
So I do have general electrical experience, and when I say "definitive guide" I meant to FIRST Robotics. I got one of those 2009 FRC Control posters, and I know where things hook up, but just wondering if I need to get any more in-depth than that.
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The above posts give good resources for learning electrical and electronic theory but that is different than actually wiring a robot. I recommend a video I found by Alan Skierkiewicz
http://thinktank.wpi.edu/article/149. One of the few things I disagree with him about is that I like using AutoCAD Electrical to make an actual schematic (we label all wires and components with sheet and line number to be able to find it on the schematic easily). AutoCAD Electrical is available to students free at
http://students.autodesk.com/?nd=register&und=624 and a copy of the schematic we used for Breakaway is here
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/papers/2384.
The biggest thing to remember is that one loose wire connection or one unsecure wire finding its way into a chain can cause your robot to sit while the others are scoring and that is not a good feeling.