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Last year's laptop dimensions: 16.75 x 11.875
Last year's laptop dimensions: 16.75 x 11.875
Maximum dimensions: '''41.25 in. tall, 5 ft. long, 14 in. deep'''


Buttons it needs to have:
Buttons it needs to have:
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Attendees: Sam, Sami, Tyler


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Revision as of 14:23, 17 January 2023

Overall Concept

Ideas

-9V Battery shape (1511 V)

-5 presets: (ground, 1st cube, 1st cone, 2nd cube, 2nd cone)

-Keep it short (because the scoring is in front of the table)

-Has a place to store the controllers

-All PlayStation controller

-Have wheels like last year?

-NO ZIPPERS

-No funny angles (unlike 2020)

-Cabinet like 2020

-Shapes on the sides that look like renewable energy sources (windmill, solar panel, etc.)

-Lightbulb/fan?

-"Radiation"

Image of a 9-Volt battery, annotated to show where features of the operator console could be
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CAD model of a 9-Volt battery, annotated to show where features of the operator console could be
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CAD model of an idea for the 2023 controls
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Annotated drawing of an idea for the 2023 controls
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Annotated drawing of an idea for the 2023 controls
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Annotated drawing of an idea for the 2023 controls
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Annotated drawing of an idea for the 2023 controls
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Design Info

Slide out drawer of broken switches: approx. 5 inches tall (5 inches is way too tall for Calla, this is a problem)

Keep it simple

Last year's laptop dimensions: 16.75 x 11.875

Maximum dimensions: 41.25 in. tall, 5 ft. long, 14 in. deep

Buttons it needs to have:

  • Broken switches (previous year rectangular ones come in multiples of 5)
  • LED controls


Buttons links:

Mini solar panels (bling or maybe attach to top of buttons for broken switches):

To Do

Not Started

  • determine the overall size of the 9V battery style controls
    • controllers to the left of the laptop (orientation TBD due to depth, might need to rotated 90 degrees to fit in 14" depth)
    • broken switches to the right of laptop
      • these could be next to laptop or maybe something that flips out (we may not have height to have a drawer going under the laptop)
    • determine what kind of top we will have over the laptop (e.g. comes completely, flips/folds out to the sides, roll top desk style, etc.)
  • determine the overall size of the car battery style controls (we had the wrong driver station height. it is only 36" high. so we might be able to do the drawer under the laptop)
    • controllers to the left of the laptop (orientation TBD due to depth, might need to rotated 90 degrees to fit in 14" depth)
    • broken switches on slide out drawer under laptop (the side out the left side)
    • determine what kind of top we will have over the laptop (e.g. comes completely, flips/folds out to the sides, roll top desk style, etc.)
  • pick which overall style we will go with
  • figure out what we will use for broken switches
    • see solar panel links in Design ideas

In Process

  • get images of the sketches on the wiki

Completed

  • Ordered Ps5 controllers
  • Ordered broken switch USB board
  • Gathered (i.e. we already have):
    • USB-C cables for controllers
    • Arduino for bling (UNO R3)
    • LEDs light strips for bling
  • determine height of pull out draw for broken switches/buttons (3.4 inches)
    • this made the laptop too high for Calla to see over it
    • at 6pm 1/15 we realized we had the wrong driver station shelf height, so are going to re-visit this
  • get images of the sketches on the wiki

Meeting Minutes

1/14

Attendees: Byers, Eric, Sam, Gabby, Sami, Hailey, Tyler

Work Completed:

  • primed this Wiki page
  • Reviewed previous controllers for reference
  • Made some ideas for the 2023 controller
  • Voted on controller drawings
  • Made some measurements for controller dimensions

1/15

Attendees: Byers, Sami, Sam, Tyler

Work Completed:

  • Made some CAD ideas for the controls (but it looks more like an USB than a battery)
  • Measured some controls dimensions
  • Looked at how many buttons/switches we have (we have 6 LED rectangle buttons (4 are green) and at least 10 switches)
  • We should use switches instead of buttons because we have more of them
  • PS5 controllers were picked (talked with Calla & Peter); they are on the shopping list
  • Found 2 orange 6' USB C cables [put on controls shelf]
  • Put USB to Joystick board on shopping list (for broken switches)

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Controls Rules 2023

DRIVER STATION

Height of driver station shelf: 41.25 3ft .75in (36.75) inches

Total height of driver station: 6ft 6in (78 in)

Maximum height of controls above the floor 6ft 6in (78 in)

Maximum height of controls: 78 - 36.75 = 41.25 in

CAD model of the 2023 driver station, annotated with dimensions
2023 Driver Station


9.9 OPERATOR CONSOLE

R901 *Use the specified Driver Station Software. The Driver Station Software provided by National Instruments (install instructions found here) is the only application permitted to specify and 9 ROBOT Construction Rules V2 109 of 141 communicate the operating mode (i.e. AUTO/TELEOP) and operating state (Enable/Disable) to the ROBOT. The Driver Station Software must be version 22.0 or newer.


R902 *The OPERATOR CONSOLE must have a visible display. The OPERATOR CONSOLE, the set of COMPONENTS and MECHANISMS used by the DRIVERS and/or HUMAN PLAYERS to relay commands to the ROBOT, must include a graphic display to present the Driver Station Software diagnostic information. It must be positioned within the OPERATOR CONSOLE so that the screen display can be clearly seen during inspection and in a MATCH.


R903 *Connect FMS Ethernet directly to the OPERATOR CONSOLE. Devices hosting the Driver Station Software must only interface with the FMS via the Ethernet cable provided at the DRIVER STATION (e.g. not through a switch). Teams may connect the FMS Ethernet cable to the device running the Driver Station Software directly via an Ethernet pigtail, or with a single-port Ethernet converter (e.g. docking station, USB-Ethernet converter, Thunderbolt-Ethernet converter, etc.). The Ethernet port on the OPERATOR CONSOLE must be easily and quickly accessible.

[Teams are strongly encouraged to use pigtails on the Ethernet port used to connect to the FMS. Such pigtails will reduce wear and tear on the device’s port and, with proper strain relief employed, will protect the port from accidental damage.]


R904 *OPERATOR CONSOLE physical requirements. The OPERATOR CONSOLE must not

A. be longer than 5 ft. (~152 cm)

B. be deeper than 1 ft. 2 in. (~35 cm) (excluding any items that are held or worn by the DRIVERS during the MATCH),

C. extend more than 6 ft. 6 in. (~198 cm) above the floor, or

D. attach to the FIELD (except as permitted by G301).


R905 *FIELD wireless only. Other than the system provided by the FIELD, no other form of wireless communications shall be used to communicate to, from, or within the OPERATOR CONSOLE.

[Examples of prohibited wireless systems include, but are not limited to, active wireless network cards and Bluetooth devices. For the case of the FIRST Robotics Competition, a motion sensing input device (e.g. Microsoft Kinect) is not considered wireless communication and is allowed.]


R906 *No unsafe OPERATOR CONSOLES. OPERATOR CONSOLES shall not be made using hazardous materials, be unsafe, cause an unsafe condition, or interfere with other DRIVE TEAMS or the operation of other ROBOTS.

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