Battery Beak

[Mike Copioli]

No video yet but I should have a user manual posted this week or the beginning of next week. Also Andymark will also be distributing these starting in December. In the mean time they may be purchased from the CTRE site http://www.crosstheroadelectronics.com/Beak.html , I should have an "Add to Cart" link up some time today.

[Foster]

Just ordered mine, hope to have it next week to go through our VEX battery sets before the big 3 December event.

I saw this at IRI and wanted one then, I'm very happy to see that Mike was able to turn these around through manufacturing so quick.

I'm also very happy that he took my suggestion to add a mode for the 7.2 volt VEX battery packs, this will end the "is it charged or not" at our events.

[Tom Bottiglieri]

This is a great idea! Seriously, every team should have one of these.

[thefro526]

Originally Posted by Tom Bottiglieri

This is a great idea! Seriously, every team should have one of these.

2012 KOP Item...? (A guy can dream)

Looks like we'll be getting one of these to test our batteries pretty soon. I'm really tired of being given a battery that 'says' it's charged and finding out that it's half dead after autonomous mode...

[de_]

How much are they ?

[Ether]

Originally Posted by de_

How much are they ?

Click on the "Battery Beak" link in the original post.

[de_]

oops, didn't "slide" down the complete page. The price was at the bottom.
Thanks

[BJT]

I'll buy one as soon as you shrink the picture and stop squishing the rest of the portal page. Seriously, I will

[Brandon Martus]

Originally Posted by BJT

I'll buy one as soon as you shrink the picture and stop squishing the rest of the portal page. Seriously, I will

haha .. that was my fault. i'll fix it.

[BJT]

Sweet, I just ordered one, thanks

[Mark McLeod]

I've found that I need the Large Print screen version
Works nicely. We'll run comparisons of the Battery Beak results against the battery test plots at our next meeting.

[Mike Copioli]

The Battery Beak User Manual is now up at: http://www.crosstheroadelectronics.com/Beak.html. Please let me know if there are any typos, errors or problems with the link.

[Richard Wallace]

Originally Posted by Mark McLeod

I've found that I need the Large Print screen version

That was my comment when Mike showed it to me at IRI. Al Skierkiewicz was nearby, and he had the same comment.
What do he and I and Mark have in common, hmmm ....?

Anyway, I ordered one on Tuesday and it arrived this morning. I'm hoping it will help my new team manage batteries better this year. It won't really matter if my old eyes can read the tiny screen -- the student who is responsible for battery charging will be recording the data, not I.

[alphadog0309]

Would this be a relevant purchase for FTC teams? We've been having some battery issues recently and we are looking at all possible ways to fix these issues.

[Mike Copioli]

Originally Posted by alphadog0309

Would this be a relevant purchase for FTC teams? We've been having some battery issues recently and we are looking at all possible ways to fix these issues.

Yes, in fact the Beak was designed to work with the 12 volt 3000 mAh NIMH batteries used in FTC.