Electronics Board Construction/Design

[Justin_302]

Originally Posted by Denny527

I'm new at this and I'm wondering:
how do u put everything on ur robot?
Do u use a wood board, a plastic board, or acylic board or whatever?
Also is it a good idea to have everything in one place??
or should we have things apart from each other??

i wouldnt make it out of acylic because it is too easy to break. The best thing to do is make it out of 1/8 in polycarb. You also want to keep your components all on one board if possible.

[Josh Hambright]

Originally Posted by Justin_302

i wouldnt make it out of acylic because it is too easy to break. The best thing to do is make it out of 1/8 in polycarb. You also want to keep your components all on one board if possible.

Although i agree that polycarb is way better for robotics applications then acrylic (easier to drill, stronger, wont break anywhere as easily as acrylic) i disagree about keeping the electrics together on one board.

Although it is a good practice to keep leads for battery and leads going to the motors as short as possible, it is not nessacary to keep everything together in one area, many teams choose to spread things out and this works for them, alot of it is personal preferance and/or working with what space and options you have available.