Hi. I am putting an order together for pneumatics parts based on the “Compressor with Cylinder” LabVIEW example. A few parts are out of stock: the AndyMark microswitch and VEX spike relay. Can anyone recommend an alternative supplier or alternative parts? Thanks.
I would look for the relay on VEX robotics website.
OP posted a link to the vexrobotics web site, showing it out of stock.
I’d see if a team that’s been around for a while would be willing to mail you the parts, most of us have a bunch of them…but that shipping around the globe thing can be a nuisance.
I’m not sure why you would need a microswitch for pneumatics.
Have you looked through this?
http://www.usfirst.org/sites/default/files/uploadedFiles/Robotics_Programs/FRC/Game_and_Season__Info/2013/2013FRCPneumaticsInfo_RevC.pdf
The switch you can get at Digikey:
http://www.digikey.com/product-search/en?mpart=V7-1A17D8-048&vendor=480
I’ve bought my switches from here in the past. Besides slow shipping, I have no complaints
The relay you can try to get here, though I’ve never ordered from them
http://www.robotmarketplace.com/products/IFIW-SP1.html
I would suggest asking other teams. We have about a hundred (only a slight exaggeration), but I don’t know if we could actually get them to you. I don’t know what FIRST is like in Australia, but if there are any veteran teams, I would talk to them.