New to FRC- You guys are all amazing!

FIRST General Forum
#1

Hey everyone. Cooler Master is getting our feet wet this year with FIRST. Being new to the scene we were excited to see how devoted everyone was to their teams and builds.
Since this is our rookie year, we thought the best thing to do was work with some local FIRST teams to learn the ropes. Each team has their own blog and posts updates about their progress. All of these teams will be at the L.A. Regional in March so if your group is attending feel free to stop by the Cooler Master booth and say hi. Hopefully next year we can expand our reach and help out a few more groups.

Robodox 599 – https://robodox599blog.wordpress.com/
Bagel Bytes 702 – https://bagelbytes702.wordpress.com/
Metalcrafters 207 – https://metalcrafters207.wordpress.com/
The Da Vinci Coders 5510 – https://thedavincicoders5510.wordpress.com/

#2

This is awesome. As someone who’s also involved in the performance computing community, it’s great to see companies like you guys and NVIDIA getting involved in FIRST. Thanks for the support!

#3

Do I see mechanical keyboards being in every KOP next year? A man can dream…

#4

Cool stuff! As a PC enthusiast myself I love the fact that hardware makers are supporting FRC.

Greatest thing so far was the Nvidia quadro k4000 last year in first choice for only 100 credits.

#5

Our ignorance is going to show…

What is a KOP?

Also, we are trying to work out some cool stuff just for FIRST members, stay tuned.

#6

Kit of Parts.

More specifically, the box(es) of parts given by FIRST to teams to build a robot with. Includes FIRST Choice (items picked by the teams via a lottery-like system) and product/vendor vouchers.

#7

Here’s the info on donating things to FIRST for inclusion in the KOP/FIRST Choice: http://www.firstinspires.org/node/3646

#8

Awesome, glad you guys are joining us! I’m a rookie on my team, too. Rookies unite!

:stuck_out_tongue:

I wish you the best of luck, and trust me, once you start Robotics, you’ll never want to stop! (I’m saying this and it’s my FIRST year.)

#9

Here is an update for everyone:

We now have a landing page for our teams, including one from Europe!

Check it out and let us know what you think. Is this something that you would all like to see us expand in the future? What are some ways companies can be more supportive or help groups like FIRST teams?

#10

I wish you guys had a turbine or squirrel cage fan for high static pressure, cause we potentially have an application for one, but alas…

#11

Aww yeah! :cool:

As Team Rembrandts we’re honored to work with Cooler Master this year, proudly we can announce we’re working on a new website and looking into opportunities with Cooler Master in Eindhoven.

We’re going to test the MasterGel (http://www.cmstore.eu/cooling/thermal-compound/cooler-master-mastergel-maker/) this week. Applying this to a CIM motor + CIM Cooler/Heatsink and see if there is a difference between the MasterGel and standard compound.

To be continued

#12

You picked some pretty awesome teams to get to know FIRST thru!

Do you manufacture parts in Chino?

#13

Well, we can’t help you with a squirrel cage. Currently we just let the critters run free around the office…

We do have an air pressure fan that is new you might be able to use for something though: http://us.coolermaster.com/product/Detail/cooling/silenciofp/SilencioFP120PWMPE.html

#14

Let us know what you find out! For those of you not in the EU this is the product they are referring to: http://www.coolermaster.com/cooling/thermal-compound/mastergel-maker/

#15

We do not. Chino is mainly an office and warehouse where we handle shipments and warranty/RMA claims.

#16

We might try frankensteining that if our other ideas don’t pan out. Can’t use it as-is since it wasn’t ever part of an FRC kit, but I’m sure we could figure out how to attach the blade to something like the AndyMark 775 motor. At something closer to 5800 RPM, it might give us the right balance of air flow and static pressure. I’m told that our current prototyping has determined that a hair-dryer on cool is not good enough, a leaf blower is overkill, and a standard cooling fan is also inadequate.

#17

As far as I was aware the only fans that could be aboard the robot were fans from the Kit of Parts? Am I mistaken? We are interested in more high-powered cooling solutions for our robot and could use something better than the ‘normal’ computer fans.

#18

Fans from any former KoP or available on FIRSTChoice are legal for any use. They’re all pretty standard cooling fans, though. We’re looking for higher pressure, high airflow solutions for an auxiliary system, but they might be useful for cooling as well, provided you’re willing to dump a reasonable amount of amps into cooling. We’re looking at something like this: 540 motor turbine blower. Trick is getting it printed. It looks like the current design requires support, so I’ll have to print it at work. Still, I imagine you could turn that into a reasonably excessive cooling solution with some ducting.

#19

What about just using a heat-sink in addition to a fan? Some of our most successful CPU coolers use that combo and it works really well.

In either case, I am sure we will see lots of creative solutions. I’m so impressed with the ingenuity of all these groups.

EDIT:
Just thought of something… what about a small shop-vac? I think the smaller ones put out a ton of airflow.

#20

Very interesting. I prefer icdiamond myself but cooler master makes some nice stuff. The day frc is made for me is when people start braiding their cables and watercooling their robo Rio’s.

We have a small cramped electrical board this year as we are a low bar bot so, I might throw in a Noctua nff12 or 2 in there just for fun.

Very interesting. I prefer icdiamond myself but cooler master makes some nice stuff. The day frc is made for me is when people start braiding their cables and watercooling their robo Rio’s.

We have a small cramped electrical board this year as we are a low bar bot,