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Re: AndyMark FIRST Choice Tease

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Teams continuously unplug and replug the ethernet port on their driver station laptops at competitions. This makes them susceptible to damage. Should the port on the cable you linked break, only that has to be replaced, instead of the entire DS laptop. We had an issue with a loose ethernet port on our laptop this year, so I'm ranking this high on my FIRST Choice/purchase wish list.
Makes sense actually. Although throwing our DS around probably lends itself to more potential damage than plugging in the cord.
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We also use this port saver on the robot bridge as a pit tether port.
Tied down to the frame this protects against damage and wear to the ports on the bridge, especially when we drive away and the cord doesn't follow.
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Re: AndyMark FIRST Choice Tease

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We also use this port saver on the robot bridge as a pit tether port.
Tied down to the frame this protects against damage and wear to the ports on the bridge, especially when we drive away and the cord doesn't follow.
{sarcasm}Oh, c'mon. This never happens {/sarcasm}
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{sarcasm}Oh, c'mon. This never happens {/sarcasm}
To this day I get aggravated whenever I see serial cables that are screwed in / together.
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To this day I get aggravated whenever I see serial cables that are screwed in / together.
True story:
During Stack attack an arm from an opposing robot found the only hole in our armor and started thrashing around inside our robot. After about 10 seconds of this our robot died on the field. At first we believed that they had damaged the IFI controller but once the match was over we discovered the real reason we stopped.

Apparently their robot had grabbed on to the serial cable between the IFI controller and the radio and pulled. Fortunately one of our students had forgotten to screw in the cable, and as such it just pulled out rather than damage the controller.

... sometimes you just get lucky.
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Re: AndyMark FIRST Choice Tease

Okay, I am a new team member here, so I may look stupid saying this, but what is this for?
http://www.andymark.com/FIRST-Choice-p/fc13-027.htm
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Okay, I am a new team member here, so I may look stupid saying this, but what is this for?
http://www.andymark.com/FIRST-Choice-p/fc13-027.htm
It measures the temperature of surfaces by means of laser interferometry.
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It measures the temperature of surfaces by means of laser interferometry.
i.e. it's a cool toy.

Like a snow blower motor.

But with less obvious utility.
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i.e. it's a cool toy.

Like a snow blower motor.

But with less obvious utility.
I suppose it could be used to check for overheating on various components? i.e. motors & motor controllers
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Re: AndyMark FIRST Choice Tease

Just wondering, are we charged regular shipping for FIRST Choice items? I really didn't pay attention when I ordered last season.

Checked my order history from last season and it seems we were not charged - will this continue for this season?
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Re: AndyMark FIRST Choice Tease

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Just wondering, are we charged regular shipping for FIRST Choice items? I really didn't pay attention when I ordered last season.

Checked my order history from last season and it seems we were not charged - will this continue for this season?
Yes, teams pay for shipping.

Here is where you can find confirmation of that:
http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprogr...ordering-rules

You can also find some more information here:

http://www.andymark.com/firstchoiceinfo
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Re: AndyMark FIRST Choice Tease

Here is an interesting possible hint from AndyMark:

AndyMark Water game T-shirt (am-2414)

Product Overview: AndyMark has been preparing for a water game since the company was founded. Maybe this year?

http://www.andymark.com/product-p/am-2414.htm
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Re: AndyMark FIRST Choice Tease

Haha, Jeremy Callahan for the win.

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They are point towards a pallet and what do you do to stuff on pallets you stack stuff and so it will be some to do with stacking boxes and when was the last event we did that?
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They are point towards a pallet and what do you do to stuff on pallets you stack stuff and so it will be some to do with stacking boxes and when was the last event we did that?
Spot-on, good sir. Spot-on.
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