[FRC Blog] FIRST Choice 2017

[inorbert]

Originally Posted by Nuttyman54

Veteran teams (aka, not rookie teams) do not get a control system in their Kickoff Kit, so I would recommend you pick up those components on FIRST Choice.

If you click on the links to the various FIRST Choice components, they will say if they are in the Kickoff Kit or not. There are three options - "Yes", "No" and "Rookie Tote Only", so they make it easy to tell what stuff on FIRST Choice each team will also be getting in their Kickoff Kit.

You can also look at the 2016 kickoff kit inventory sheets and look at what was in the Yellow Tote. Those were "rookie only" items last year (veteran teams did not get a yellow tote). 2017 kit contents will be somewhat different but it's a good baseline to see what stuff you might want to pick up before the season that's not available on FIRST Choice.

Thank you, much appreciated

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[Roboshant]

What would you think is a better choice to go with the NavX micro (http://firstchoicebyandymark.com/fc17-074) or the ADIS option (http://firstchoicebyandymark.com/fc17-007). Thank You!

[Nate Laverdure]

Originally Posted by Roboshant

What would you think is a better choice to go with the NavX micro (http://firstchoicebyandymark.com/fc17-074) or the ADIS option (http://firstchoicebyandymark.com/fc17-007). Thank You!

The navX-Micro processes data from its onboard sensors to provide a "fused heading" whereas the ADIS16448 does not.

[slibert]

Originally Posted by Roboshant

What would you think is a better choice to go with the NavX micro (http://firstchoicebyandymark.com/fc17-074) or the ADIS option (http://firstchoicebyandymark.com/fc17-007). Thank You!

Full disclosure: As founder of Kauai Labs, I'm biased towards the navX-Micro so you should take this w/a grain of salt - but I wanted to toss out a couple of system-level considerations.

A few features the navX-Micro has you might consider useful are it's dual simultaneous interfaces (I2C and USB), which allow you to:

- Connect I2C to RoboRIO, and USB to your vision processor (to share the high-resolution timestamp and IMU data w/both processors simultaneously), and
- Connect USB to RoboRIO and mount the navX-Micro USB anywhere on the robot (USB supports up to a 6 meter range).

One other distinction is that navX-Micro has a dual power supply (5V on the I2C pins, and 5V on the USB interface), whereas the ADIS16448 MXP board (based upon the published schematic) does not.

If a MXP board doesn't provide a secondary power supply, it's only power supply (from the RoboRIO) is subject to brownout whenever the RoboRIO voltage drops below 6.3V (even for an instant). So during that time no data is available, and since the ADIS16448 MXP Board runs the sensor fusion algorithms on the RoboRIO, these algorithms will be missing data for some period of time. For normal matches where you change out a battery before each match this is almost surely not an issue, esp. if you use the sensor only for autonomous (at the beginning of the match). But it could be an issue if you use the sensor for teleop and esp. during longer practice matches.

[maxnz]

Has the algorithm finished running? I see that some things are marked as out of stock, but not as much as I thought. The same things were marked last night when I checked.

Just wondering when we will know what's left for regular ordering on Monday.

[bobbysq]

Originally Posted by maxnz

Has the algorithm finished running? I see that some things are marked as out of stock, but not as much as I thought. The same things were marked last night when I checked.

who the heck bought all the window motor connectors

[Bryce Clegg]

Originally Posted by bobbysq

who the heck bought all the window motor connectors

Does anyone remember how many there were originally?

[GeeTwo]

Originally Posted by Bryce Clegg

Does anyone remember how many there were originally?

99

[Mark McLeod]

I like how the quantities of some items actually increased, e.g., Mounting bracket (fc17-142) (started @ 1000).
Is there a trade-in program I overlooked? :-)

[Mr. Ackroyd]

Looking at the priority list, it's incredible the amount of items out sold out for 2017. One that jumps out at me are the talon's. I'm glad we stocked up on them earlier in the summer.

[maxnz]

Originally Posted by Mr. Ackroyd

Looking at the priority list, it's incredible the amount of items out sold out for 2017. One that jumps out at me are the talon's. I'm glad we stocked up on them earlier in the summer.

I would say that talons were understandable. What I'm surprised about is that the core control system components haven't been marked sold out yet.

[Bryce Clegg]

Originally Posted by maxnz

I would say that talons were understandable. What I'm surprised about is that the core control system components haven't been marked sold out yet.

Apparently, the PDP and VRM both started out at 1,000 ct. and are down to 256 and 241. In comparison, the talons started out at 2500 and are sold out. I'm confused by it as well.

[Jon Stratis]

Originally Posted by Bryce Clegg

Apparently, the PDP and VRM both started out at 1,000 ct. and are down to 256 and 241. In comparison, the talons started out at 2500 and are sold out. I'm confused by it as well.

It's not that confusing. Let's say there were 700 teams that wanted all of the control system stuff. They all out the PDP's and VRM's on there at 1 each. They also put talons on their list at 4 each. 700x4 is more than 2500!. Due to the increased limit per team, they were bound to sell out.

[Michael Hill]

Sounds like we've got a good amount of thin 1/2" shaft collars coming to us, in all sorts of colors!

[Bkeeneykid]

Originally Posted by GeeTwo

It looks like the results of the first round draft are available on the first choice site. Log in, go to MY ACCOUNT on the top bar, then Orders on the left, then Order Details on the right. You can also see how much shipping you were charged.

If it isn't up, wait a bit, they may still be populating.

Ours isn't up yet. Does it have full items that you received or just shipping charges?