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Team 1718, Beta Test, and The Talon Motor Controller
Just to change things up, Team 1718 will be doing Beta test again this year, but we'll be posting updates to our web page. Below is the week 1 results, which currently have nothing to do with LabView (since we're waiting on the DVD to be delivered). Instead, we begin with a look at the new Talon Motor Controller.
Fighting Pi 2013 Beta Website Last edited by Tom Line : 28-09-2012 at 03:17. 
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28-09-2012, 09:20
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Re: Team 1718, Beta Test, and The Talon Motor Controller
Nice coverage of your initial work. Any reason why you are not testing the Talon with a CIM motor?
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28-09-2012, 09:26
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Re: Team 1718, Beta Test, and The Talon Motor Controller
Looking forward to reading your reports each week. Great start.
You mentioned Quote:
What all was included in the Beta testing materials this year?
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28-09-2012, 09:27
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Re: Team 1718, Beta Test, and The Talon Motor Controller
Tom,
How many Talons do you guys have for testing? Thanks for posting this information. -Clinton-
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28-09-2012, 16:36
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Re: Team 1718, Beta Test, and The Talon Motor Controller
We haven't gotten the new FIRST Beta test materials yet. They are still a couple weeks out on shipping them.
We kicked our Beta off early specifically to test the Talons. They are not a FIRST legal product and were supplied directly by our CrossTheRoad contact, not by FIRST. There is no connection to FIRST. We've got 5 right now. The reason we aren't testing a CIM is because they've already been tested thoroughly with a CIM. Now we're interested in getting as wide a variety of motors tested as possible. We've got a handheld infrared temperature gage so most of our results will be temperature over time graphs with amperage draw and voltage overlayed. Our current plan is to run one on our robot lift-winch from our 2010 bot (that winch ran near stall most of the time). We'll run one on a cim in a drivetrain just to try it out. We're going to try one on our shooter. We'll run one on our 2010 ball intake - that ran near stall quite a bit and is a window motor to boot. Then we're going to put a rope on the ball intake with a weight on the end, and cycle the window motor to attempt to get it to lock up. We may get around to beating them up on the Cims, but our priorty is to develop data for the other motors. Hopefully we can get the majority of Talon testing done by the time Beta materials show up. Last edited by Tom Line : 28-09-2012 at 16:45.
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02-10-2012, 15:57
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02-10-2012, 16:16
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Re: Team 1718, Beta Test, and The Talon Motor Controller
Nice review. I got to see some of the Beta versions of these at CORI. I'm looking forward to working with some.
We are also a BETA test team and are anxiously awaiting our software and hardware, should we receive some hardware to test.
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05-10-2012, 16:37
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Re: Team 1718, Beta Test, and The Talon Motor Controller
The link above has been updated with the student's test plan. We're taking other suggestions at puls4r@gmail.com, just remember we don't have many fancy tools like an o-scope etc.
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05-10-2012, 17:58
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Re: Team 1718, Beta Test, and The Talon Motor Controller
Stupid question...Victor fans fit on a Talon, right?
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08-10-2012, 03:21
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Re: Team 1718, Beta Test, and The Talon Motor Controller
The Victor uses a Rotron 40x40x20, and the Talons we received use a Papst 40x40x10(?) fan. I'm not exactly sure of the height on the Talon fans - I didn't measure them. We can take a closer look Thursday when we're back in the room, and get some close-ups posted.
Last edited by Tom Line : 08-10-2012 at 13:17.
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08-10-2012, 09:02
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Re: Team 1718, Beta Test, and The Talon Motor Controller
Suggest Fan(40x40x10 mm) for the Talon Spec Sheet: http://www.ebmpapst.us/allpdfs/400F.pdf
This was gathered from CTRE web site: http://www.crosstheroadelectronics.com/Talon.html -Clinton-
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12-10-2012, 03:01
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Re: Team 1718, Beta Test, and The Talon Motor Controller
Next Update is up.
http://www.fightingpi.org/Beta/2013_...12_Day_3.shtml Linearity, Zero, and Deadband comparison testing. Initial results on trying to lock up a window motor under no-load conditions. More to come Saturday night, one way or another. I wish there was more time in a day  I keep looking at those screw holes on the top of a Talon without a fan. I keep thinking someone's going to think of something unique to put there. A plastic clip to hold the talon in place? There's got to be something we can do with those other than mounting a fan. Last edited by Tom Line : 12-10-2012 at 03:07.
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12-10-2012, 12:07
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Re: Team 1718, Beta Test, and The Talon Motor Controller
I knew someone would come up with a unique use for those fan holes.... and it's something we can actually test! Expect a test plan update tomorrow night.
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20-10-2012, 01:01
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Re: Team 1718, Beta Test, and The Talon Motor Controller
Update:
FIRST test plan posted on the beta test page, Day 4. In addition, looks like the LabView guys have come up with something new. We'll be playing with a LabView based robot simulator during beta this year.
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24-10-2012, 01:54
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Re: Team 1718, Beta Test, and The Talon Motor Controller
Update - new linearity results with inductive load. Initial Labview results for tasks 1 and 2.
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