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Window motors and electrical

I'm in the process of making a prototype for this years game logomotion, and so far its good, but i'm not one with electrical. So i was wondering how i would hook up two window motors to run separately, i was think along the lines of using two victors, but from there on i'm not sure. I have a programmer that can program these two motors to run off a joystick so, i figured i needed a c-rio as well, is there anything else i need to make this happen and am i heading in the right direction?
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Re: Window motors and electrical

Yes.

Each motor requires its own controller as per <R42>.
I'm not a programmer, but you'll need some programming to read in the value of the joystick (or whatever) via the Classmate computer and have the cRio control the motor controller. There are examples of how this is done somewhere, ask in the programming forum if you can't figure it out. Then you need to get the software you wrote into the cRio, but that's way beyond what I know.

Please look at the competition manual page on the FIRST web site, they have a POWER wiring diagram and a DATA wiring diagram posted there. It shows everything you need and how it's connected.

Also read the rules, especially section 4 (The Robot), since NOT following the rules (ALL the rules) will prevent your robot from competing.
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Re: Window motors and electrical

ok that makes sense, thanks for the advice and help
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