Are we allowed to use more then just the main monitor during a match.
Yes, this was done extensively last year. Please keep in mind that there are legitimate safety concerns over extremely large monitors, as the shelf does not have an unlimited weight rating and as there is no adequate way to mount those extremely large monitors safely.
R99. The OPERATOR CONSOLE must not
A. be longer than 60 in. (~152 cm)
B. be deeper than 14 in. (~35 cm) (excluding any items that are held or worn by the
DRIVERS during the MATCH)
C. extend more than 6 ft. 6 in. (~198 cm) above the floor
D. attach to the FIELD (except as permitted by G15)
Also remember that you have a single 110 plug available to plug in anything you need AC for.
Also remember it is down from 3A to 2A this year, so if you have laptops charging, and and a TV, it would be nice to know your loads before competition.
Well there goes our plan to run a DGX-1…
During Stronghold, I was the drive coach for 2959 and we had a 24in monitor on our driver’s station. It was a really useful tool for us to locate boulders behind the drawbridge.
It made the driver’s station heavier but it honestly was not that bad. I could find pictures for you if you wanted me to.
24in might be excessive, but that’s what we had and we used it all season with no problem.
Does the $400 cost per part limit apply to the DS? If so, I think a DGX-1 may violate that by a few dollars…
But really, at that point, just move everything to an AWS P2 cluster.
If you go the flat screen large TV route, be mindful of what happens when a robot slams at high speed into the driver station wall. The velcro hasn’t always been there, but the need was realized. It works pretty well on most, but not all driver stations. I wouldn’t hazard a guess as to if it would hold a thin, tall, top-heavy TV.
I can envision drivers diving to catch falling TV’s during autonomous. How embarrassing!
R10 limits the cost limit to parts on the robot itself otherwise many laptops would have already violated the cost limit.