Who has the tidiest wiring?

[Bochek]

Post a picture of what you think is the best wired robot

Team 2200:

2007 rookie year, 5 days after kickoff.

[John Gutmann]

You wiring is pretty tidy. But I would say you should do something about that drive shaft just floating there. You should probally put in a bearing block there.....

[Bochek]

in the works.

[Dan Petrovic]

do you plan on driving all four wheels? Those kit wheels are pretty grippy and it doesn't look like you'll have an easy time turning.

[fimmel]

im going to do basic wiring hopefully tomorrow

i will post a pic then
/forest

[Greg Needel]

Some of my favorites from past years...

[ChuckDickerson]

Greg, do you know what that black (plastic?) material is in the first pic? Where do you get it? What are the specs, thickness, weight, etc.?

We have always used plywood for our electronics board because it is cheap, easy to cut and screw stuff to and also non-conductive incase someone makes a mistake and drops a screw/wire/etc. I would like to try something new and lighter this year. Does anyone have a favorite material they can recommend?

[EricH]

Originally Posted by DeepWater

Greg, do you know what that black (plastic?) material is in the first pic? Where do you get it? What are the specs, thickness, weight, etc.?

We have always used plywood for our electronics board because it is cheap, easy to cut and screw stuff to and also non-conductive incase someone makes a mistake and drops a screw/wire/etc. I would like to try something new and lighter this year. Does anyone have a favorite material they can recommend?

Judging by the background, I'd say you might want to ask 254. The fact that there are 2 indicates a second robot--also pointing to 254. Then again, I could be wrong.

[hallk]

Where are the labels?

[Travis Covington]

Originally Posted by DeepWater

do you know what that black (plastic?) material is in the first pic? Where do you get it? What are the specs, thickness, weight, etc.?

1/4" ABS Plastic is what you see there. Available pretty much anywhere. We got ours from McMaster. It is about the nicest, lightest and easiest thing we have found to work with. Everything else is either too heavy, too thick, or too ugly for our tastes.


Here are some more pictures for ideas and inspiration. There are plenty of better examples out there, too. I have always been inspired by teams 60 and 207.

[Corey Balint]

Originally Posted by Travis Covington

1/4" ABS Plastic is what you see there. Available pretty much anywhere. We got ours from McMaster. It is about the nicest, lightest and easiest thing we have found to work with. Everything else is either too heavy, too thick, or too ugly for our tastes.


Here are some more pictures for ideas and inspiration. There are plenty of better examples out there, too. I have always been inspired by teams 60 and 207.

968 was incredible with their wiring in years past. Its mostly the reason we picked them
There efficiency that is

We usually use either plexiglass or lexan (idk which)

I think ours is the tidiest board

[EricH]

Originally Posted by trilogism

I think ours is the tidiest board

Hahahahahaha! Now wire it up and keep it looking that tidy!

[RyanN]

Originally Posted by DeepWater

Greg, do you know what that black (plastic?) material is in the first pic? Where do you get it? What are the specs, thickness, weight, etc.?

We have always used plywood for our electronics board because it is cheap, easy to cut and screw stuff to and also non-conductive incase someone makes a mistake and drops a screw/wire/etc. I would like to try something new and lighter this year. Does anyone have a favorite material they can recommend?

My favorite material to use is fiberglass balsa wood composite board. It's very strong and durable, and very very light. The only thing that I don't like is that its very easy to strip out a hole and you can't really nail anything to it. We were going to use carbon fiber balsa wood composite board in 2005, but carbon is well... conductive, so we quickly changed that idea .

[Shu Song]

Neatness of wiring has often taken a back seat for available space and time remaining. But our team has done better in recent years. Though I have a suspicion that is is only because we have allotted more room for electronics, which I'm very thankful for.