pic: 931 Preliminary Electrical Layout

[Richard Wallace]

Originally Posted by dragon ninja

are you using the plywood for your final board? we've saved a lot of weight in the past few years by using 1 or 2ply of hand laid fiberglass on both sides of a balsa core. it weighs almost nothing and is strong enough for a electronics board.

That sounds cool.

We have not used plywood for the electrical system board in previous years and probably won't this year either. Usually we have laser-cut 0.22" thick acrylic sheet. Wood is nice and forgiving though, and will let us experiment with layout ideas until we feel comfortable.

A factor to consider is that the kitbot frame needs some stiffening anyway, so our choice for final electrical board material may be based partly on overall robot strength requirements, not just being "strong enough for an electrical system". Sometimes adding weight to one subsystem lets you take even more weight out of another.