[FTC]: FTC Expands the kit of parts option for next season

[Scott_4140]

Did anyone get more information on the controllers, DC Motors, Servos and Battery? Are they compatible with their Textrix counterparts?

[l0jec]

Originally Posted by Scott_4140

Did anyone get more information on the controllers, DC Motors, Servos and Battery? Are they compatible with their Textrix counterparts?

It looked like they combined the motor and servo controllers into a single housing and the comm wires controllers appeared to be the same ones (with the RJ12 connectors) used with the NXT.

Other than that I didn't get a lot of details. Didn't even get the voltage of the power supply/battery, so how power distribution would work with Tetrix is still an open question unless someone knows. Hopefully it would not require a separate battery & on/off switch for students to remember. I hope that FIRST would provide a power distribution panel to handle such a situation?

[Scott_4140]

If there is any chance of combining electronics between Matrix and Tetrix, they would both need to run of 12 VDC. FTC referees will still need a single switch to disable robots. You could accomplish this with another control box, but requiring 12 VDC compatibility shouldn't be that difficult to design to.

I wonder if controllers can be mixed on the same sensor port. That could add significant flexibility. The Matrix controllers appear slightly larger than the Hitechnic controllers.