Spectrum: Illuminations is a guide for rookie teams designed to help make the learning curve in the FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) a little more gradual.
This document elaborates on our 2011 off season project. It includes: the process, many pictures, problems/ how we solved them, things we want to improve, and Q&A with team 148!
From 2010, a state machine program is analyzed to control going over the bump. Using robot physical information for the state machine via sensor fusion.
Small 32-bit Windows console app toggles the RTS pin of the COM1 RS232 serial port at 50Hz 75% duty cycle. With a digital storage oscilloscope, you can see how Windows multitasking affects the signal.