Team update 19

[TheOtherGuy]

Originally Posted by thefro526

So, can someone explain what all of this means? From what I understand, your minibot must move the top plate approximately 1/4" and hold the plate in the triggered position for longer than 1ms?

What it means is there is a little module in the tower that registers when the tower is held down for 1ms or longer, and the module tells the field management system every 5ms or less whether it has been activated and when. We still don't know what the field management system does with that trigger though. It's entirely possible that it requires a certain number of consecutive high signals from the module before counting the tower TRIGGERED.

[WizenedEE]

5ms is a significant amount of time; does anyone know what happens to ties? Let's hear it for a 60 point minibot race for one alliance!

[bduddy]

Originally Posted by WizenedEE

5ms is a significant amount of time; does anyone know what happens to ties? Let's hear it for a 60 point minibot race for one alliance!

I would guess that there is some kind of lockout system employed before the signal is sent to the FMS. Certainly if any trigger within 5ms caused a tie, I think we would have seen one by now.