pic: (447) How do YOU keep programmers out of the electronics?

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Biff: You'd get along well with our electronics/programming mentor.....

Our problem usually lies in mechanical people messing up... I'll never forget that somehow they shorted out one of our relay outputs with a chain.... That was amusing, especially as they scream and say "uhhhh.... pickle... are sparks a good thing coming out of that black box???". Ya, it was fun.

But you should be nice to programmers, we don't like being blamed for everything (because its so easy). I think last year one of the teachers told me to fix like a mechanical design flaw in software.. this year i think he told me to take 10 pounds off in software... You should love your programmers

But I do think that since electronics and programming are so related, its a good idea to have one team work on both. It keeps things less confusing. Last year we had to play the pick the pwm port game, where before almost every match they had rewired the PWM cables to different outputs because they didn't know which went where. That was oodles of fun, especaially if it didn't get worked out before the driver had to drive it..... Though, beware programmers with screwdrivers is a good motto.. *looks at scars* hammer + screwdriver + programmer = bad