Neumatics Digital Monitor

[Daniel_LaFleur]

Originally Posted by mtaman02

I was thinking of that the other day and was not sure if it could be done. It would be kinda nice to monitor air pressure during the match espicially as an easy way to find out if a hose popped off (drop in air pressure = compressor always running = dead battery at the end of the match .)

There are 2 easy ways to do this. Pressure transducers, and perssure switches. Unfortunately (other than the required specific pressure switch) they are not allowed under the current rules ( <R48> parts use flowchart).

I truely believe that FIRST fails when it comes to pneumatics because they do not allow for any creativity in the pneumatics. Mechanical, electrical and software are all allowed to be (almost) completely customized, whil pneumatics are only allowed a very small portion of it's capabilities (and even then, it's over regulated).

*gets off soapbox* (sorry for going a bit offtopic)