10-02-2007 18:31

Priyadarshy

Re: pic: 1712 CAD model of electronics

wow that looks really nice

electronics boards always look so good until the wires get on

10-02-2007 23:24

lukevanoort

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I'm a bit worried about the position of that robot controller, does it meet the visibility requirements?

10-02-2007 23:47

Cody Carey

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It seams that there is a large chunk of unused clear lexan/plexi/whatever above the brain, so visibility requirements should be met just fine.

Looks good!

10-02-2007 23:55

Dan Zollman

Re: pic: 1712 CAD model of electronics

If it's only the lights that have to be visible, I think it's fine. I'll remind the electrical group about that.

11-02-2007 00:08

AustinSchuh

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On the same note as the RC Light visibility issue, is the main breaker accessible enough? To me, it would seem that since the breaker is under a sheet of lexan, it is not easily accessible.

Other than that, nice board.

11-02-2007 00:17

lukevanoort

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Well, thats really only half of the issue. Making the lights visible is pretty easy, the problem is that they have to be visible from three feet in front of the robot. Depending on your configuration this can be easy or hard, for us this was a problem, as we have a wide turreted arm that stows over the rear and rotates to the front for play, causing some issues. (ie. we had to mount the controller sideways, at an angle and must start on the left side of the field) Luckily, we are behind schedule, so there wasn't a lot on the robot to get in the way of changing the mounting.

11-02-2007 14:49

Molten

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worldbringer, You never disappoint. I can't wait to see the rest of your robot when you get done with it. How much time did it take?

11-02-2007 20:16

Dan Zollman

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Heh, that's nice to hear.

It's hard to say because the Inventor group doesn't work continuously every day, as we're all involved with other aspects of the team, but this probably took a couple days. The only parts we modeled from scratch were the backup battery and the lexan, and the rest were available online (Autodesk Virtual KOP, FIRST CAD Library, and the Vex Inventor model library at Carnegie Mellon).

11-02-2007 20:46

Jeremytice

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Looks really good in CAD you guys....great job!

11-02-2007 23:56

Idaman323

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Last year we ran into the visibility problem. They said it needed to be easily seen and easily accessible. At the competition we ended up cuting the chunk of lexan out, proping it up, and just having it somewhat sitting over everything.