How do you operate pre-cRio robots

[Al Skierkiewicz]

Yes, but pre-battery they were fed from controller power.

[cbale2000]

Back on the old controllers though, even if the controller did reset you were looking at a maximum of like 5 seconds of downtime, when the current system goes down you're out for almost the entire match.

I for one support bringing back the backup battery.

[techhelpbb]

Originally Posted by cbale2000

Back on the old controllers though, even if the controller did reset you were looking at a maximum of like 5 seconds of downtime, when the current system goes down you're out for almost the entire match.

I for one support bringing back the backup battery.

Well I can say this....

I watched Team 11 drive the robot down to 6V with the RoboRIO onboard.
They periodically would loose field comms but for a short time (3 second tops).

I think the RoboRIO has some undervoltage protection going on.

[magnets]

Originally Posted by techhelpbb

Well I can say this....

I watched Team 11 drive the robot down to 6V with the RoboRIO onboard.
They periodically would loose field comms but for a short time (3 second tops).

I think the RoboRIO has some undervoltage protection going on.

We've had an older battery hit 5.2 volts in a match before. Needless to say, we couldn't have done that without the backup battery.

[techhelpbb]

Originally Posted by magnets

We've had an older battery hit 5.2 volts in a match before. Needless to say, we couldn't have done that without the backup battery.

Preaching to the choir

[Bob Steele]

just sayin'
They didn't need no stinking wireless... they used wires...

I wasn't there but I bet many remember this.