New AndyMark products 2016

[Munchskull]

Will the belts and pulleys be sold independently?

[PayneTrain]

Originally Posted by Electronica1

How does this work with bumpers?

Well you only need bumpers on 3 sides of your robot this year.

It is pretty weird that AM is selling a key component of the KoP base 3 days before kickoff, though.

/s

[thatprogrammer]

Originally Posted by Munchskull

With the pully sand belts be sold independently.

It appears so, the description of the product lists a product number for them.
(I want c-c numbers so we can work on drive trains )

[Ari423]

Originally Posted by PayneTrain

It is pretty weird that AM is selling a key component of the KoP base 3 days before kickoff, though.

Did I miss somewhere where it says that this is the 2016 KOP chassis? I saw Frank's blog post that the kit chassis would be similar to the AM14U2, which this is not IMO.

[Darkseer54]

Originally Posted by Ari423

Did I miss somewhere where it says that this is the 2016 KOP chassis? I saw Frank's blog post that the kit chassis would be similar to the AM14U2, which this is not IMO.

Take a closer look at what Wil said...

Originally Posted by PayneTrain

It is pretty weird that AM is selling a key component of the KoP base 3 days before kickoff, though.

/s

[Ari423]

Originally Posted by Darkseer54

Take a closer look at what Wil said...

Darn invisible text, gotta look closer next time

[jeser#1772]

I consider tracks to be in the same “do not use” list as Mecanums. But if you like it just research previous team 383 robots, they have done amazing things with tracks in the past.

http://www.team383.org/en/index.html

[Electronica1]

Originally Posted by jeser#1772

I consider tracks to be in the same “do not use” list as Mecanums. But if you like it just research previous team 383 robots, they have done amazing things with tracks in the past.

http://www.team383.org/en/index.html

Another good example would be 1619. They have a lot of good info about tank treads.

[z_beeblebrox]

I'm pretty excited about these breakout boards for the Talon SRX. We had to have custom ones made last season, so it's nice to save time with an off-the-shelf solution.

[AllenGregoryIV]

Originally Posted by z_beeblebrox

I'm pretty excited about these breakout boards for the Talon SRX. We had to have custom ones made last season, so it's nice to save time with an off-the-shelf solution.

This is reasonable but a little odd. Like why would they use a different pin out for the analog input then the RoboRIO does? Also why did they force teams to use a 5 pin connector for the encoder instead of moving the index pins to one of the sides to allow for a 4 pin connection?

[marshall]

Originally Posted by AllenGregoryIV

This is reasonable but a little odd. Like why would they use a different pin out for the analog input then the RoboRIO does? Also why did they force teams to use a 5 pin connector for the encoder instead of moving the index pins to one of the sides to allow for a 4 pin connection?

I'm also not a fan of the non-latching connectors. We tried it and it ended up being a mistake. We switched to wago connectors and were quite happy. There are latching .1" options though.

EDIT: I'm also a little worried about the through hole stuff. I doubt it will short and hopefully they align with the gaps between the fins on the case but why risk it when you can do a single sided board or 4+ layers and keep the bottom clean?

[sanddrag]

These track drives look really sweet. I predict AM selling a lot of these outside of FRC. Will the individual parts be available for purchase?

[JB987]

Originally Posted by PayneTrain

Well you only need bumpers on 3 sides of your robot this year.

It is pretty weird that AM is selling a key component of the KoP base 3 days before kickoff, though.

/s

Huh? Bumpers on 3 sides? Source?

[Knufire]

Originally Posted by JB987

Huh? Bumpers on 3 sides? Source?

/s is internet lingo for sarcasm.

[JB987]

Originally Posted by Knufire

/s is internet lingo for sarcasm.

Indeed it is. I just don't see it in the original post I questioned