Raw Voltage on Cypress

[manderson5192]

If I remember correctly, they want to put a 7-segment LED display (or a row of LEDs) on to indicate the kicker "power level" they're requesting of the kicker (insert >9000 reference here...), individual LEDs to give camera feedback to the driver (one LED means they're aimed too far left, one means too far right, and a center one means they're ready to kick), a single LED to indicate that the kicker leg is wound and ready to release.

The idea of using "super bright" LEDs is that the driver doesn't need to wear an annoying, clunky HUD. Rather, it will be very obvious from peripheral vision and ambient light to know what the robot's state is (different color LEDs at different positions indicate different things).

[manderson5192]

An additional question: are we permitted to make an LED driver circuit, such that the cypress board sends a digital signal that turns the LEDs on, but they are powered from a small 12v battery on board the OI (I think this would required using a transistor)? I can't find anything in the rules that prohibits this, and I have a feeling this would be legal as per <R82>...

[Alan Anderson]

Originally Posted by manderson5192

If I remember correctly, they want to put a 7-segment LED display (or a row of LEDs) on to indicate the kicker "power level" they're requesting of the kicker (insert >9000 reference here...), individual LEDs to give camera feedback to the driver (one LED means they're aimed too far left, one means too far right, and a center one means they're ready to kick), a single LED to indicate that the kicker leg is wound and ready to release.

Why not just use the Dashboard for all this? Our custom dashboard has a kick power meter (ours goes to 11), an "armed" indication, camera feedback with directional indicators, drivetrain status, etc.

The idea of using "super bright" LEDs is that the driver doesn't need to wear an annoying, clunky HUD. Rather, it will be very obvious from peripheral vision and ambient light to know what the robot's state is (different color LEDs at different positions indicate different things).

That scheme sounds like it would be very easy to put on the Dashboard.