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Re: pic: 1889's Electrical Module

I have to say, it seems like a bad plan to me, there's no reason for that kind of wire length and closing the system up like that makes it difficult to work with the lower levels, as far as I can see anyways. Also, it just seems like asking for trouble to leave Victors cramped in like that, in that rats nest of wires, with little ventilation. Also I shudder to think what kind of electrical noise is being rained on the PWM cables you're going to have to install.

Honestly, and no offense, this doesn't seem all that impressive, or even all that compact, or modular given the high probability of tangles.

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The reason why this design is worth sharing is because of it's compact design. The limited amount of space for electronics on the robot was a challenging design problem that Tytus needed to overcome. The object of this design wasn't to make the electronics very neat or pretty looking, or even accessible. The idea was just to save space.
It's not just a matter of looking bad, it's risky, and ineffective and could cause all kinds of problems later on, all of that traded off for what isn't really much of a space savings compared to most teams set ups (again, as far as I can tell) seems like a terrible idea.

I'm sorry if I seem rude, but I just don't think this is a very effective solution.
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