17-02-2016 12:15

Ari423

Re: pic: 1156's best friend

What's controlling the Spike? I see the pressure switch and the Spike but I don't see a controller between them.

Also, what's the point of having a PDB if you are only using one 12V output and one 5V output? Why not just use the grey 12V to 5V converter to save room?

17-02-2016 13:55

Jalerre

Re: pic: 1156's best friend

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Originally Posted by Ari423 What's controlling the Spike? I see the pressure switch and the Spike but I don't see a controller between them.

17-02-2016 14:05

JesseK

Re: pic: 1156's best friend

Hmm. It's like a self-building robot that uses human tools.

Scary.

Excuse me while I go get my anti-AI-apocalypse rootkits ready to deploy...

17-02-2016 14:05

Richard.Varone

Re: pic: 1156's best friend

It looks like the control of the Spike is wired to the +5V on the PDB through the pressure switch to give them control of the compressor.

17-02-2016 14:17

tr6scott

Re: pic: 1156's best friend

Nice simple built from spare parts.. Good job, I would take that 20amp circuit breaker that is not doing anything... and replace the fuse in the spike with it.

The cooling fan is a nice touch too!

17-02-2016 14:46

ghesla

Re: pic: 1156's best friend

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Originally Posted by Ari423 What's controlling the Spike? I see the pressure switch and the Spike but I don't see a controller between them. Also, what's the point of having a PDB if you are only using one 12V output and one 5V output? Why not just use the grey 12V to 5V converter to save room?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Richard.Varone It looks like the control of the Spike is wired to the +5V on the PDB through the pressure switch to give them control of the compressor.

Quote:

Originally Posted by tr6scott Nice simple built from spare parts.. Good job, I would take that 20amp circuit breaker that is not doing anything... and replace the fuse in the spike with it. The cooling fan is a nice touch too!

17-02-2016 15:48

ctt956

Re: pic: 1156's best friend

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Originally Posted by JesseK Hmm. It's like a self-building robot that uses human tools. Scary. Excuse me while I go get my anti-AI-apocalypse rootkits ready to deploy...

17-02-2016 19:38

dmaggio744

Re: pic: 1156's best friend

This is pretty sick...
We regularly use our pneumatic riveter, but we couldn't bring that to a practice field. The robot spent a night at teammate's house, and we wanted to rivet but broke our manual one. Looks like a great off-season project!

18-02-2016 07:20

Paul T.

Re: pic: 1156's best friend

we did that in 2014 when our compressor broke. it worked, a little slow but got the job done. yours is much prettier though, ours was built in twenty minuets by a few sleep deprived kids

18-02-2016 12:36

Oblarg

Re: pic: 1156's best friend

I think this is a really cool and clever setup and all, but really, you couldn't bother to rotate the picture 180 degrees before posting?

18-02-2016 13:11

Peyton Yeung

Re: pic: 1156's best friend

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Originally Posted by Oblarg I think this is a really cool and clever setup and all, but really, you couldn't bother to rotate the picture 180 degrees before posting?

18-02-2016 13:15

ghesla

Re: pic: 1156's best friend

Quote:

Originally Posted by Oblarg I think this is a really cool and clever setup and all, but really, you couldn't bother to rotate the picture 180 degrees before posting?

18-02-2016 13:37

Oblarg

Re: pic: 1156's best friend

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Originally Posted by Peyton Yeung If you open the picture in a new tab it is right side up.

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Originally Posted by ghesla i'm really annoyed about it, but the picture is in right orientation in the pc. And here, when I open the image, it is right as well. I don't know what kind of sorcery is this. Sorry haha