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Electrical 2015

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Date & Time
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  • 1/15/2015

  • 3 hours

  • here

  • Thomas P.

Guests

emailed david


Notes

These things we ordered today because we didnt' realize we needed them

  1. Pneumatics control module from andymark
  2. voltage regulator module, also from andymark
  3. some heat shrink from mcmaster, Cole said it might be expensive with shipping so we might wait for a later date to order multiple things from them. 

also we realized we have a lot more talons than previously thought so we took some off of the BOM

basically everything is in periodic tasks now so coding will probably be done from there. 

Work Completed

Tested mecanum drive with tons of batteries on the tower to see if the gyro still corrected with a center of gravity that is really screwed up, worked with a fresh battery but needs a good amount of power for it to work though. Also moved some stuff around for the electrical plate that will eventually be on the back of the robot. Isaac and Thomas worked with Cole to order parts, some more parts that weren't originally on the first BOM were ordered tonight, they will be listed in the other notes section

Challenges

there is an issue with teleop, when first real-time deploying a box labled "teleop elapsed seconds" starts flashing in the teleop code. Thomas searched the internet for the problem but like the "weedle" Thomas couldn't find anything.Thomas then moved all the important stuff into periodic tasks so that we could carry on testing the mecanum drive. 

Work for Next Meeting

finish the electrical layout mentioned in work completed. 

  • parts need to be spaced so that wires can fit between them
  • should be relatively compact, don't want to be wasting space
  • pieces should be measured so that Jay can position them on the board, Jay may have said that it isn't necessary that our dimensions are exact but they should be interpretable and also approved by Jay when submitted to him. 

Also basically everything that was listed in Mr. Pletchers email earlier today. 

On Schedule?

sure