pic: 177 Controls Teaser

[stevezap]

Originally Posted by ECarlson

How did you cut the slots for the sliding potentiometers?

Once the controls team had a layout for the position of all the controls we mounted the box in our NC mill, programed it and cut all the openings.

[chrisinmd]

Where did you get that big easy button?
Nice compact box, looks great!

Good luck this season.

-Chris

[Greg Marra]

Originally Posted by chrisinmd

Where did you get that big easy button?
Nice compact box, looks great!

Good luck this season.

-Chris

Staples has ads with the "easy button" in them as part of their small-business services. You can actually go to Staples stores and buy the buttons. They say "That was easy" when you push them, but we had to disconnect the sound circuit to make it FIRST legal.

[chrisinmd]

Thanks for that, I have seen the staples ads, but I didn't know you could buy them anywhere!
Sweeeet.

-Chris

[Chaychay]

Where did you get linear slide potentiometers that long?

Thanks in advance!

[Jeremytice]

I'm liking the easy button. Looks very cool though....Good job

[Greg Needel]

Originally Posted by Chaychay

Where did you get linear slide potentiometers that long?

Thanks in advance!

ditto

[Skysong]

Looks really cool! What kind of sliders are you using?

[Greg Marra]

Originally Posted by Chaychay

Where did you get linear slide potentiometers that long?

Mike Betts obtained them from an electronics store in Connecticut. I believe the store's name is something like "Cables and Connectors," but it isn't the web store of the same name.

I would recommend calling a specialized electronics store (read: not Radio Shack) and asking if they have linear potentiometers. There is a store near Boston called "You-Do-It Electronics," but your area probably has something similar.

Also, make sure you get the right resistance pots. We got 50K ones last year, whereas the OI wants 100K pots, so we lost 50% of our resolution, which was acceptable for the application, but required fixing in software.

-Greg

[Peter Matteson]

Originally Posted by Greg Marra

Mike Betts obtained them from an electronics store in Connecticut. I believe the store's name is something like "Cables and Connectors," but it isn't the web store of the same name.

Cables & Connectors is on the Berlin TPKE at the Wethersfield end right up the hill from the McDonald's on the same side, accross from the old drive in. I'm not sure what town it's in though because it's really close to the town line

[Mike Betts]

It's in Newington, CT (http://www.cablesandconnectors.com/) and I think the resistors were CALRAD 25-271.

[Goldberg204]

didnt you guys post this pic last year too?

[Peter Matteson]

Originally Posted by Goldberg204

didnt you guys post this pic last year too?

This is the picture from last year. Some one found the thread and brought it up again. It happens all the time.

[ChrisMcK2186]

Why is there all that extra junk there? The easy button should take care of it all, one push and you get 256 points and two robots 12 inches off the ground.

Chris

[Richsgt]

Thats this years easy button