Control Boards (PICS)

[AdamHeard]

Well, people always post pics and stories about their robots... but we rarely ever get to see the controllers. So post your pics and stories here.

I'll start. This board was fabricated and painted by a very dedicated mentor named Bill Kunz. As far as i can remember Bill has done our control boards and they look awesome. For the '06 board the students did most of the wiring.


I'll try to get some better pics of it, along with some of our '05 board, this sunday at our meeting. But here are some '06 pics from the La Regional

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/junkma...52.jpg&.src=ph
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/junkma...43.jpg&.src=ph
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/junkma...6e.jpg&.src=ph
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/junkma...5c.jpg&.src=ph

these pics don't show it, but the '06 controller is awesome. Bill's craftsmanship is superb and he crams so many features. The board can run off vex batteries, the entire top row of switches has the standard disable, autonomous etc.. but it also selects where the board gets it power (tether, AC or build in battery). Also, both sides of the board open to reveal pocketed storage space. We have a radio integrated and hidden in there. Pretty much, it does a lot. The only thing it is missing is a dashboard like some controls I have seen.


But, I know our controller cannot possibly be the best. So share your pics..