Rules Change I Would Like to See - Batteries

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Originally Posted by David Lame

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I think a lot of what you're describing is just the reality of FRC, and robotics in general. The mechanical people need somebody to program PID for them, the electrical people need the programmers to make the lights blink, and the programmers need the other two to do everything they need to.
I agree that finding people who know electronics is hard (of the entire "Electrical" division on our team, maybe 2 of them know electronics; the rest are programmers only). But the knowledge that it takes to wire a 5v circuit shouldn't be something beyond the capabilities of a few mentors to tackle.
Personally, I've found my knowledge both of electronics and of programming to be very useful, especially when it comes to using microcontrollers. Also in helping the programmers figure out electrical problems.