Additional Hardware -- Switches

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Posted by Jay Lundy at 1/31/2001 7:18 PM EST


Student on team #254, The Cheesy Poofs, from Bellarmine College Preparatory.



Hey,
We're planning on using a switch to control a function on the robot but we dont want to use a rocker switch. Instead we want a switch that stays in position after it is pressed. What kinds of additional switches can we use?

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Posted by Joe Ross at 1/31/2001 7:37 PM EST


Engineer on team #330, Beach Bot, from Hope Chapel Academy and NASA/JPL , J&F Machine, and Raytheon.


In Reply to: Additional Hardware -- Switches
Posted by Jay Lundy on 1/31/2001 7:18 PM EST:



You can use any switches on the Operator Interface. See team update 3.

Head down to radio shack (or Fry's since you are in California) and go to town :-)

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Posted by Matt Leese at 1/31/2001 8:02 PM EST


Other on team #73, Tigerbolt, from Edison Technical HS and Alstom & Rochester Institute of Technology.


In Reply to: Additional Hardware -- Switches
Posted by Jay Lundy on 1/31/2001 7:18 PM EST:



You can use any switch that you like, as long as it's not lighted. They can get expensive however.....

Matt

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Posted by Josh Vetter at 2/1/2001 9:49 AM EST


Student on team #548, Robostangs, from Northville High School and BOSCH.


In Reply to: Additional Hardware -- Switches
Posted by Jay Lundy on 1/31/2001 7:18 PM EST:



A toggle switch would stay in place after you switch it. You could also use the rocker switch, and program it so that when you press it one way, it remains like that until you push it the other way.
Josh

: Hey,
: We're planning on using a switch to control a function on the robot but we dont want to use a rocker switch. Instead we want a switch that stays in position after it is pressed. What kinds of additional switches can we use?