16-01-2007 02:58

Daniel367

Re: pic: Tin Cans 2158 Electronics Box 2007

does this box sit on your bot? How?
And why did you choose this design?

16-01-2007 06:29

Jeremytice

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Does that muffin fan blow enough air so that your victors wont fry?....Very cool design. Good job you guys!

16-01-2007 07:06

Billfred

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Thumbs up--I love these sorts of designs. What are you using to connect the Victors (and spikes and such) to the outside world?

16-01-2007 07:33

Al Skierkiewicz

Re: pic: Tin Cans 2158 Electronics Box 2007

I like it! Short, direct wiring, compact and best of all the tally light on the RC are visible on the outside.

16-01-2007 12:51

K.Porter

Re: pic: Tin Cans 2158 Electronics Box 2007

Very nice.
One thing you might want to watch out for though is weight.
Last year, I built a similar design out of Lexan, but the material was so thick that we ended up cutting out a good part of the box to meet requirements. I can't tell what thickness you used on that, but still, be careful. (It's quite disappointing to see someone take a milling machine to your electrical box...)

16-01-2007 13:03

Kyle

Re: pic: Tin Cans 2158 Electronics Box 2007

I like it, It is always cool to see teams make things that are different from the normal panel on flat sheet metal.

16-01-2007 13:06

RichardJames

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This thing rocks. Will you be wiring it in permanently so it can unfold on the bot, or will you be able to disconnect it and lift it out of the bot if necessary?

16-01-2007 13:34

dfukuba

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That looks really cool! I would just spend the time and make sure there isn't any faulty wiring (which i am sure there is not) and make sure not aluminum chips get in there =P haha.

The other day when i was working on the lathe, an aluminum chip flew into just the right spot and shorted out our lathe.

That looks very awesome! great idea!
--Dan

16-01-2007 14:13

Kris Verdeyen

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Nice Job, Andrew. It's much prettier than the one that we put in Chainzilla. I'll get a chance to see that at LSR, right?

16-01-2007 17:15

Lil' Lavery

Re: pic: Tin Cans 2158 Electronics Box 2007

Great job, fantastic design. Seeing a team credit us for inspiring them certainly put a smile on my face.
I assume you'll be using quick disconnects to be able to remove the box as a whole when you need to work on it? Be careful to plug them in before matches (while this may seem simple, sometimes during the rush before an elimination match, it can be forgotten) and that they are secure enough they don't come loose.
Fantastic job though

16-01-2007 21:28

sonofdad123

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hey cool design! we were going to implement something similar onto this year's robot, but we decided that it'd be better if it were all laid out... we'll most likely put it on a practice bot though. y'alls turned out awesomely!

16-01-2007 21:59

karlcswanson

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That looks nice and compact. Will the team led relay go on the DIN rail?

17-01-2007 12:00

AV_guy007

Re: pic: Tin Cans 2158 Electronics Box 2007

at first i thought you guys moded the controls into the frame of a mac cube!

it looks really nice and clean, although I wonder how well it will cool.

17-01-2007 15:27

Dylan Gramlich

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you guys should turn that lexan into swiss cheese. this will maximize your cool air flow in there.

20-01-2007 02:03

fezkazi

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thanks but as it is the material is thin and not quite so rigid.... and we would only put holes in there if we were overclocking something its working quite well so far because the edges of the box are not closed tight so theres free flow of air. and we dont want to have too much junk flying in there either!