DESIGNING ELECTRONICS FOR A PRETTY AND EFFECTIVE

ROBOT EVAN HOCHSTEIN AND KATE AZAR

#SRS2013

WHO ARE WE?

• Kate Azar

• FRC 2177

• Evan Hochstein

• FRC 2470, 3081

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Motor Controller Comparison

• Custom Circuits

• Organization

• New Control System

MOTOR CONTROLLERS

• Who?

• What?

• When?

• Where?

• Wait... What?

JAGUARSNatural Habitat

CAN¡Sí, se puede!

TALONSHurt. At least when they scratch you.

VICTORSIts what we are!

SPIKEThis isn’t Spock and they don’t hurt when you poke them.

PRETTY GRAPHS!Now all we need is an effective electrical system… right..?

*Credit to team 1718 for graphs

CUSTOM CIRCUITS

• Teleportation Devices

• Wibbly Wobbly Timey Wimey… Stuff.

• Levitation

• Flux Capacitors

• Warp Drives (FTLs)

• Imagination

A miscellaneous plethora of awesome stuff rendered under the principles of the art of circumlocution.

DIGITAL VS. ANALOG

• If you would like me to explain the difference, just ask!

THE ELECTRICAL CAD

• Altium

• Multisim

• Ulitboard

THE CRIO

• The "Brains"

• Modules

• Digital Sidecar(s)

• 4-slot vs. 8-slot

MODULES

• FIRST Legal

• NI 9201

• NI 9403

• NI 9272

• Not FIRST Legal

• NI 90210

• NI 3.14159

DIGITAL SIDECARS

• Unlimited expandability

• Realistically?

• Sensor input

• PWM output

• Pneumatic Control

WHICH IS BETTER?

4-slot• 400 MHz

• 128 MB

• 256 MB

• Spartan-6 LX45

• 643g

• 9-30V

• 1 Ethernet

8-slot• 400 MHz

• 64 MB

• 128 MB

• Spartan-3 2000

• 930g

• 19-30V

• 2 Ethernet

OUR ROBOT, THE GAME & THEIR LOVE AFFAIR

ORGANIZATIONAre you ready to be scolded?

BOARD

• Horizontal vs. Vertical

• Left Side vs. Right Side

• Multi-level vs. Single Level

Team 1713

WIRE ORGANIZATION TOOLS• Power Polls

• Tie Downs

• Zip Ties

• Power vs. Signal Separation

• Wiring On/Off the Board

• Coding, and not the kind that makes the robot go

• McMaster-Carr PN 9284K411 (Expandable Mesh Sleeving)

2015 CONTROL SYSTEMCAN

2015 CONTROL SYSTEMCAN

2015 CONTROL SYSTEMIt says CAN again

2015 CONTROL SYSTEMPlease learn CAN.