Hows your electronics board?

[roboticsguy1988]

We always make an electronics board, that way all of our electronics are in one location and easily accessible. We also always make sure that the wiring on the board is organized, and every wire / PWM is labeled as to where it goes / what it is for. We just started drawing some electrical diagrams today .

[D.Stephenson]

we started our electrical board today, we mount everything on one side of the board and run the wires under the board to reach all the connections they need to reach, we started doing that in 2003 and having all the wires under the board helped us alot

[FusionDude364]

We havent started on our electrical board for this years robot yet, the mechanical guys arent yet to a point where we can, but we are doin work on our robot from last year. We use last years robot as something to show the public when we go somewhere and at school functions such as football games. We put a tshirt cannon on it so we can shoot tshirts into the crowds at football games and pep rallies. Our electronics worked last year but the inside of our robot looked like a spaghetti bomb went off in it. We gutted the inside and are redoing the wiring and pneumatics how we want to so it will be neat, and we dont have to worry about weight either, which is nice. It is also a great chance to teach new people how to do the wiring on the robots and let them practice at it.

[Al Skierkiewicz]

Originally Posted by Justin_302

We called our elecronics board a "poo poo platter". That has changed this year. We are now sticking all of our electronics in a 12inx18in box. It is a REAL tight fit for 7 of the Victors, 2 spikes, the computer, and breaker panel.

Justin,
I hope your electrical box is open on the top or has a clear cover. IFI needs to see the LEDs on your controller is something should go wrong. It has not been a rule in the past but if you want help, people need to see the controller to help.

[Justin_302]

Originally Posted by Al Skierkiewicz

Justin,
I hope your electrical box is open on the top or has a clear cover. IFI needs to see the LEDs on your controller is something should go wrong. It has not been a rule in the past but if you want help, people need to see the controller to help.

yeah, we are going to cover it with a 1/4 piece of clear poly.