Who has the tidiest wiring?

[Bochek]

Post a picture of what you think is the best wired robot

Team 2200:

2007 rookie year, 5 days after kickoff.

[John Gutmann]

You wiring is pretty tidy. But I would say you should do something about that drive shaft just floating there. You should probally put in a bearing block there.....

[Bochek]

in the works.

[Dan Petrovic]

do you plan on driving all four wheels? Those kit wheels are pretty grippy and it doesn't look like you'll have an easy time turning.

[fimmel]

im going to do basic wiring hopefully tomorrow

i will post a pic then
/forest

[Greg Needel]

Some of my favorites from past years...

[ChuckDickerson]

Greg, do you know what that black (plastic?) material is in the first pic? Where do you get it? What are the specs, thickness, weight, etc.?

We have always used plywood for our electronics board because it is cheap, easy to cut and screw stuff to and also non-conductive incase someone makes a mistake and drops a screw/wire/etc. I would like to try something new and lighter this year. Does anyone have a favorite material they can recommend?

[EricH]

Originally Posted by DeepWater

Greg, do you know what that black (plastic?) material is in the first pic? Where do you get it? What are the specs, thickness, weight, etc.?

We have always used plywood for our electronics board because it is cheap, easy to cut and screw stuff to and also non-conductive incase someone makes a mistake and drops a screw/wire/etc. I would like to try something new and lighter this year. Does anyone have a favorite material they can recommend?

Judging by the background, I'd say you might want to ask 254. The fact that there are 2 indicates a second robot--also pointing to 254. Then again, I could be wrong.

[hallk]

Where are the labels?

[Alex698]

Originally Posted by Bochek

Post a picture of what you think is the best wired robot

Team 2200:

2007 rookie year, 5 days after kickoff.

No DIN Rails?

[AdamHeard]

Since you guys are not powering the front wheels, you should probably swap them out for something with less traction.

The Andymark 6" Omnis would work well.



Also, the rules aren't exactly clear, but it looks as though the DIN rails are required. Check the best practices and the electronics manual linked under section 8 of the manual on the usfirst site.



Also, those panels posted above with the white wires are 254's.

[Travis Covington]

Originally Posted by DeepWater

do you know what that black (plastic?) material is in the first pic? Where do you get it? What are the specs, thickness, weight, etc.?

1/4" ABS Plastic is what you see there. Available pretty much anywhere. We got ours from McMaster. It is about the nicest, lightest and easiest thing we have found to work with. Everything else is either too heavy, too thick, or too ugly for our tastes.


Here are some more pictures for ideas and inspiration. There are plenty of better examples out there, too. I have always been inspired by teams 60 and 207.

[Bochek]

Originally Posted by AdamHeard

Since you guys are not powering the front wheels, you should probably swap them out for something with less traction.

The Andymark 6" Omnis would work well.



Also, the rules aren't exactly clear, but it looks as though the DIN rails are required. Check the best practices and the electronics manual linked under section 8 of the manual on the usfirst site.



Also, those panels posted above with the white wires are 254's.

We are swapping to 4wd, just waiting for the parts to arrive.

-Bochek

[Cuog]

Those wires right in front of the Victor fans really worry me. With as little airflow as that last victor would get, magic smoke may make a debut.

[RyanN]

Originally Posted by DeepWater

Greg, do you know what that black (plastic?) material is in the first pic? Where do you get it? What are the specs, thickness, weight, etc.?

We have always used plywood for our electronics board because it is cheap, easy to cut and screw stuff to and also non-conductive incase someone makes a mistake and drops a screw/wire/etc. I would like to try something new and lighter this year. Does anyone have a favorite material they can recommend?

My favorite material to use is fiberglass balsa wood composite board. It's very strong and durable, and very very light. The only thing that I don't like is that its very easy to strip out a hole and you can't really nail anything to it. We were going to use carbon fiber balsa wood composite board in 2005, but carbon is well... conductive, so we quickly changed that idea .