Electrical Board Mounting

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If anyone saw our robot hanging, the space with messages on the bottom was where most of our electronics were mounted (on the top side). In the middle of the rear chassis pan, we had our 2 AM shifters, 4 CIM's, and 2 shift pistons, but in front of that we had the cRio sitting sideways, with the side against a piece of polycarb attached to the bottom, and the crio mounted to the front flange with bolts and plastic selves. At the rear, we riveted a piece of perforated aluminum, to which we mounted the majority of the electronics (4 Victors, 2 Spikes) with zip ties. We also zip tied all of the wiring, the heavier wires were zip tied to the rear axle, which ran directly behind the electronics. The DSC was in between the two transmissions. Above the rear chassis pan, we had the PD board floating on sheet aluminum brackets, bolted to the brackets, and another electronics pan hanging from two chassis members (riveted). The remaining two Victors and two Spikes were zip-tied to this. The three lighting power supplies (off of two of the Spikes) were attached with velcro to a 2" wide frame member. The radio was attached with velcro to a plate on the back of the arm tower, sideways, with two zip ties for the radio, two to keep the wiring tight, and around 12" total of duck tape for the connections.

Last year, we had a 4-wheel crab drive, and had a module on each side of the robot (each module had a front and back pod). We hid the Jaguars and Victors on two perforated plates inside the modules.

In 2006, 07, and 08 we had a 6wd drop-center, so we put a piece of perforated aluminum somewhere in the middle and mounted the Victors, Spikes, and RC to this using zip ties for everything. Worked well.