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Re: How to wire unrealistically well?
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Another thing we do is use nylon fasteners. We do this for a few reasons:
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Re: How to wire unrealistically well?
Don't forget that copper is heavy. The weight of #12 or #14 wire is not insignificant.
All that neat, right angle turn wiring looks nice, but the hypotenuse of a triangle is shorter than the two sides. We had a panel with a number of victors one year and wired it all neat and tidy, with a loop so that the panel could be swung down to work on. We needed to lose some weight, though, and ended up cutting about half a pound out of it all without much trouble by re-routing many of the wires. Layout is important. If the flow from the battery to the main breaker to the PDB to the motor controllers is short, things will be much easier. |
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Re: How to wire unrealistically well?
Last year our team was more successful than we've ever been electrically. We had a two person team. Everyone has his or her own style, but the main things were patience and a perfectionist streak. I think I rewired the robot (meaning stripped it down and rerouted wires) maybe five or six times during the last two weeks. I would suggest that you keep in mind where you want your wires to be or not be throughout your design process and maybe even use markers while prototyping.
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Re: How to wire unrealistically well?
My team's wiring was always immaculate, largely because one of our mentors took the time to make a full size drawing of exactly how he wanted the motor controllers/CRIO/power distro board placed. After that, he would show me exactly what path the wires should take to get where they needed to go, and as long as I followed that path and remained disciplined, all was good.
The biggest thing for me was having a plan and then executing it with as little interruption as possible. |
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Re: How to wire unrealistically well?
For some strange reason I believe robot wiring should be in an odd space between zen art-form and OCD organization. I always relish the opportunity to bring order to the chaos of wires that need to criss-cross throughout the robot. Making them look beautiful in the process is an added bonus. If you consider the wiring itself to be a kind of art project, it makes things that much more enjoyable (for me at least). I really look forward to seeing what my team can do this year, being rookies I hope we can learn clean and beautiful wiring technique at an early age.
Also this is my first official post on Chief Delphi, so I just wanted to say hi! |
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