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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. |
The relay outputs onboard are intended to drive a spike I imagine, if they are keeping with the nomenclature of the sidecar (and the fact that they are three pins confirms this).
Driving pneumatics off a spike is doable, but really doesn't make any sense in this era.
The CAN based pneumatics bumper would presumably allow effectively unlimited for FRC sake.
Also, no way 236 used more than 8 solenoids for that motion. I just don't see enough going on for that.
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08-08-2013, 11:56
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