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Out Of Money already! - <R71>

The rules make mention of an "additional hardware list"

Quote:
5.3.1 FIRST Provided Kit of Parts
FIRST provides each team a Kit of Parts. Only the exact parts provided in the Kit (or their exact replacement) are considered as Kit Parts. Some Kit Parts may legally be used in additional quantities. Additional quantities of these parts are considered to be Additional Parts and not Kit Parts. The official list of Kit Parts and quantities appears in a separate section of this manual titled
The Kit.

But I did not see any "Additional quantities" listed anywhere in the kit document.

Based on the "flow chart" anything that is "designed to conduct electricity?" is subject to the $200 limit.

This is not a not a lot of money to buy anything that conducts electricity that is not supplied in the kit.

Think about it.

Wire? good 10 gauge wire is about $1 a foot.
10 Turn Pots? cheap ones from $13 from digi-key -- the ones I LIKE to use are about $28
Shaft Encoders? I was planning on using Bourns 3950 series, $52 each
What about Yaw Rate Sensors? None in the kit this year -- $30 each from Future Electronics -- $70 if they are mounted on a small PCB.
Accelerometers? Another $10 for the chip -- $30 on a PCB.

I don't know if this is just something that fell through the cracks or what but it doesn't seem like we have enough money to do anything interesting.

I must have it wrong, but I don't see my error.

Anyone have a thought on this?

Joe J.
 


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