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Industrial switch

I am in need of an industrial grade switch like what the Cheesy Poofs used last year. Does anyone know where I might get something like it? Thanks!

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Re: Industrial switch

LOL... Vex:

http://www.vexrobotics.com/vex/produ.../276-2159.html
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Re: Industrial switch

That looks a lot like a VEX bumper switch.
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Re: Industrial switch

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Is there one similar to this that is wired NC ? or has the ability to be rewired without having to rebuild it ?
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Re: Industrial switch

that would be a simple programming change
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Thank you so much everyone! I thought I checked everywhere on the Vex website, but I guess I must have limited myself to the Vex Pro side. How much abuse can these take?
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Thank you so much everyone! I thought I checked everywhere on the Vex website, but I guess I must have limited myself to the Vex Pro side. How much abuse can these take?
A decent amount. Buy spares if you are worried about it.

Personally, I'm not a huge fan of the microswitches we all typically use. I'd love to see a more robust option on the market and I suspect there are but I haven't found one that I truly love yet.
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How much abuse can these take?
I wouldn't count on them continuing to function after stopping your robot in a crash, if that's what you're asking. When mounting "button" type limit switches, recess the switch inside or slightly behind a structural element (e.g. frame perimeter) so that the structure is taking the force of the collision before the switch reaches its stop.
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A decent amount. Buy spares if you are worried about it.

Personally, I'm not a huge fan of the microswitches we all typically use. I'd love to see a more robust option on the market and I suspect there are but I haven't found one that I truly love yet.
Ok, thank you for the information. What I've been finding, when I was trying to find that switch, was that industrial-grade switches are really expensive!

http://www.grainger.com/product/SIEM...AS01?$smthumb$
http://www.grainger.com/product/DAYTON-Momentary-ABS-WP131861/_/N-8du/Ntt-momentary+switch?nls=1&sst=subset&ts_optout=true&s _pp=false&picUrl=//static.grainger.com/rp/s/is/image/Grainger/30G362_AS01?$smthumb$

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I wouldn't count on them continuing to function after stopping your robot in a crash, if that's what you're asking. When mounting "button" type limit switches, recess the switch inside or slightly behind a structural element (e.g. frame perimeter) so that the structure is taking the force of the collision before the switch reaches its stop.
Great advise! Thank you.
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Re: Industrial switch

When in doubt, automation direct.

http://www.automationdirect.com/adc/...AR30B0R_Series)
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Re: Industrial switch

McMaster, Newark, even Digikey has items like that. Be careful that the one you select has enough over travel to prevent damage.
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That's a big button! 2.5" across...
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Re: Industrial switch

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I hope that I didn't deviate too much off the thread. Is this about the NC wired switch ? not sure if this was something else in the thread that could be a software change ...

How would a software solution work to detect a open-wire condition in a normally NO switch ?
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I hope that I didn't deviate too much off the thread. Is this about the NC wired switch ? not sure if this was something else in the thread that could be a software change ...

How would a software solution work to detect a open-wire condition in a normally NO switch ?
Just see what the roboRIO reports back.

If the switch is normally closed:

if (!getSwitch()) //This will happen when the switch opens
{
Do stuff
}


If the switch is normally open
if(getSwitch () ) //This will happen when the switch closes
{
Do stuff
}

Obviously this is not the correct function call, but just an example of how you would code it. (I am assuming that when the switch is closed, the function will return TRUE. If it's the other way around, switch my code...)

Edit: I assumed incorrectly. According to the documentation that GeeTwo linked to, when the switch is OPEN, the value is 1, when it is CLOSED the value is 0.
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