2011 Palmetto Reigional *New Location*

[techtiger1]

@1311 goldenglove002 check with team 180 SPAM, I'm sure they'd be happy to help.

[speedbuggy76]

Can someone tell me which team has the robot that throws tubes to their partners? I know it's one of 1875, 3490, or 1902, but my stream froze and I couldn't determine which one. Very cool idea, I hope to see it paired up with a scorer in the playoffs.

[Vikesrock]

Originally Posted by speedbuggy76

Can someone tell me which team has the robot that throws tubes to their partners? I know it's one of 1875, 3490, or 1902, but my stream froze and I couldn't determine which one. Very cool idea, I hope to see it paired up with a scorer in the playoffs.

That's 1875. There is a thread and video around here somewhere.

[DonRotolo]

Originally Posted by goldenglove002

Having fun so far! After replacing every single electrical control component (literally everything) we finally solved the mystery behind the left side of our drive not working and are ready to go for the morning.

Can you tell us about the problem you were seeing and what the cause was?

[Akash Rastogi]

Never been more sad about a red card in my life I still love Team 11

[Brandon Holley]

Originally Posted by Akash Rastogi

Never been more sad about a red card in my life I still love Team 11

Ughh.

[martin417]

Wow, that was an exciting set of finals matches. Congrats 180, 2363, and 2815. Billfred and his team get two in a row!

The Billfred effect!

[davidalln]

Originally Posted by martin417

The Billfred effect!

How often does a bot go second pick twice in one year and win both times? Says a lot about their abilities. Congrats 2815, along with 180 and 2363!

[alubin237]

Congratulations to Teams 180, 2363, and 2815 for the regional win, Team 2614 on Engineering Inspiration along with all teams that competed this weekend. Also, congrats to Team 11 on winning the Entrepreneurship, Website, Animation, and Chairman's Awards this weekend!

[Akash Rastogi]

Originally Posted by alubin237

Congrats to Team 11 on winning the Entrepreneurship, Website, Animation, and Chairman's Awards this weekend!

Proud to be MORT alum Clearly, all clouds have their silver linings.

Congratulations to 2614 on Engineering Inspiration, 343's alliance for being Finalists, and Billfred's alliance for another Regional Championship!

[DonRotolo]

Originally Posted by martin417

The Billfred effect!

Congratulations Los Pollos Locos on their second Win. I expect to see both Billfreds in St Louis, one for each win.

Also congratulations to MORT Team 11 on Regional Chairman's Award. After the red card I thought that Virginia would be your only shot at St Louis. Glad to be wrong!

[Steven Donow]

Congrats to 180, 2363, and 2815, and big congrats go to friends, MORT, awesome job with the Chairman's and 3 other awards!

[goldenglove002]

Originally Posted by DonRotolo

Can you tell us about the problem you were seeing and what the cause was?

It's an issue we'd been having since about halfway through the Peachtree regional where the left side of our drive train would go out abruptly on the field. Every time we brought it back into the pits and onto the practice field to test it we would have no problems.

We started with the Power Distribution board and found that some FOD had found it's way inside of it. Replaced it. 2nd board wouldn't supply power to the CRio. Replaced it again. We also suspected damage to the digital sidecar and replaced that. With the robot stripped down to nothing but the drive and control system we were able to get it working before packing it into the crate for Palmetto.

After re-assembling the robot and getting out to practice on Thursday, we realized the same problem was occurring. Suspected a bad jaguar but every test we did in the pit showed no issues with any of them. Decided to start overhauling the wiring of the PWM's and power to the CIM's. Still nothing. Re-wrote code. Nothing. Swapped CIM motors. Started getting desperate. Swapped CRios. Nothing. Just completely baffled.

After some more testing in the pit we finally noticed the signal light wasn't changing on one of the jaguars. Changed it. Figured that the jaguar had been going bad all along and was just evading telling us at all the wrong times. Changed it, figured we had just had some really bad luck. When I made that post on Friday it looked like everything was working.

Nope. At this point we really have no clue what the issue is, but the season is done. We'll (hopefully) figure it out once the crate gets back to our shop.

Congratulations to all of the winners at Palmetto!

[ebarker]

It was the most frustrating technical issue we probably have ever faced, this losing full control of the left side drive train. We tried it with DS version 1.05.11.00 and 02.27.11.00, cRio image V28, with no success.

We went through 2 cRios's, Nada, 3 PD boards, 2 sidecars, and all new PWM cables. We never did change out the DB37 pin cable. Always seemed to work tethered in the test field, but not in competition.

Sometimes it would run a while, then give trouble, then recover, almost like a breaker was cycling. So we changed all the breakers.

The only thing we didn't change was the driver.........hmmmmmm..

Congrats to the winners at the Palmetto ..... and the folks that didn't get a formal award too, you are all winners in my book !!

[Warren Boudreau]

It has been too long since SPAM was able to come up and visit with our South Carolina friends.

Bilfred, thanks for helping us out. The data said that y'all were the best choice and we were ecstatic when you were still available for our second pick.

Triple Helix, you guys are great. The qualifying match was fun, but not nearly as much fun as the elimination rounds.

Congratulations to Gene from 343 for his Woody Flowers recognition.

MORT, it was rough seeing your alliance get that red card. I hope the Chairman's Award soothes the pain a bit. Congratulations, you are a great group of people.

And I have to give thanks to the folks from Purple Haze and Exploding Bacon for helping out with our scouting effort. The data came out right on target.

And finally, I want to congratulate the Palmetto Regional Planning committee and all of the volunteers for pulling off a great regional event.