2010:Sensors

Sensors, controls, and I/O

NOTE: This is the programming team's brainstorming of sensors and controls needed for the mechanisms. The actual list on-robot is at 2010:Robot Design Details

Autonomous

• Control knob to set start delay
• Control to select which autonomous option

Drive

• Encoder for each wheel (4 total)
• Gyro
• Analog I/O, in robot, for gyro

Beater brush

• Relay for beater brush
• 3 position toggle swtich for beater brush

Banner sensor (ball detection)

• Switch, for driver, to ignore banner sensor (fire anyway)
• Light on controls to indicate sensor is tripped
• Digital i/o within robot

Camera

• Use joystick switch to tilt camera
• Servo to tilt camera
• will only tilt
• mount about 24" height
• gave dimensions to mechinal team
• White paper: joule.ni.com/nidu/cds/view/p/id/1568/lang/en

Kicker

• Control for power of the kick
• Button to fire
• Light fire button when ok to fire (at the right power level and kicker back right amount of time)
• Power level will be on driver controls, but is being done internally within the controls (i.e. nothing for programming to set)
• Relay for electro-magnet for kicker
• Two digit I/O, in robot, for the kicker limit switches
• Analog I/O, in robot, for mag pot for the kicker position
• Toggle switch to ignore mag pot (i.e. override kicker)
• When ignoring mag pot, use half of slider to move the kicker in and the other half to move the kicker out (light fire button if limit switch is tripped)

Lift

• Two buttons to raise and lower lift (press and hold)
• Two buttons to swing lift arm
• Encoder to know wench is turning (use to make sure it isn't going too fast)
• Two ditial I/O, in robot, for limit switches
• Relay for swinging arm
• Servo to lock/unlock the arm
• Toggle switch to lock arm