Wow. I was hoping to do something like that this year, but I didn’t plan ahead well enough. Anyway, congrats!! Did you do this singlehandedly?
- Oliver
Wow. This if my first of five years I will be in FRC (I know, so lucky, right? My team accepts 8th graders). I will be sure to try to do something like this, as it is just pure awesomeness from a controls team standpoint.
Might want to mount one of these on it. It is basically the smallest windows compatible device you can buy that doesn’t cost a ton:
What dellagd? It runs linux not windows! Well, google it running xp and you can actually get it on there! So awesome…
Where’s the RSL? I can’t find it.
our Electrical team is doing something VERY similar for housing our motor controllers using a radio shack project box.
our team tried to do that in 2008, but we made the box out of clear plastic, that wasn’t built very well, and we used serial and VGA cables for our switch inputs, and they didn’t use heat shrink on the connectors… I used to refer to it as “short circuit city”, until I completely rewired it
Congratulations on such a lofty accomplishment! Great utilization of space and resources available. You’ve sparked my interest in such a system for our team, I plan to begin designing something of a similar nature during the post-season.
You are a God. I attempted to build the same thing myself, But its made of wood packed with 9 Jags.
Nice Job.
I’m proud of you good sir, i had the same plan myself years ago on my team, but got distracted by other projects like a chairbot. I tip my cap to you. 
This is purely beautiful.
- Create circuit
- Put it in a box
- ???
- PROFIT…or GRACIOUS PROFESSIONALISM!
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This would make an interesting carry on luggage item.
I posted a link to it but it got removed by a mod… pm me if you didn’t see it.
Yep, I am the only one (unfortunately) on our team that knows the electrical… and I’m a senior… I am making LOTS of documentation >_<
We used to make them out of 1/4" polycarbonate… Weight a ton and offered 0 protection.
Thank you and best of luck!
We had/have an xbot chassis with a chair duct taped to it… good times…
Especially with our test program that clicks the 4 relays every .5 seconds. Tick… tick… tick…
If only there was room, but I would hate for that to get broken 
Incase anyone was wondering, we did some tests on the signal strength with having the bridge in the box. Here is the bizzare thing: The signal strength is actually better with the box closed than open…
Brandon:
What regionals will you be at this year?
I want to see this, and show it to our students.
This strikes me as the kind of design that makes some companies/products great (think Apple).
We will be in spokane, possibly st louis if we win the regional.
Just. Awesome.
Where can I buy one 
Wow that is really organized. One possible problem comes to mind though, it might get hot in there! I’d want to do a simulated match and see if anything overheats due to the reduced airflow to the motor controllers.
As I have stated a couple times now, the temperature is not a problem as there is a 90mm fan in front that keeps everything colder than it would be in the open.
Good luck explaining that to the TSA at the security check point! :ahh: