NI Week Athena Announcement and Q&A Panel

[Jon Stratis]

Originally Posted by magnets

This is not good. The eight solenoid control really only allows for 4 solenoids, as the double solenoids require two channels to operate. With the relays it will allow for a total of 8 double solenoids. I know that 118 has used more than this in the past, and 236's bump thing used 8 just for their wheels, plus 2 or 3 more on the rest of the bot.

As the device runs on CAN, I would assume you can utilize more than one of the devices on the robot at a time. From what I've seen inspecting, a majority of teams don't need more than 4 double solenoids. Since you have to draw the line somewhere (4, 8, 20, whatever), why not keep the whole thing as small as possible while making it all most teams need? The teams that need more will get more by adding more boards.