2012:Electrical Controls

Electrical Controls Overall Design/Layout 

Primary Driver Controls

Dual joysticks tank style for robot control.

Buttons on the joystick for turbo mode and "precision" mode.

Buttons on the joystick for wings up/down.

Secondary Driver Controls

Large knob for turret position.

Slider for shooter power.

Large button to shoot.

Three position toggle for beater bar/conveyor system.

Three position toggle for setting the shooter height.

Broken Toggles

Bridge actuator

Conveyor system (Break all)

Turret

Shooter speed

Tasks

• Work on the top-level control drawing.
• Design and fabricate a knob for the turret control.
• Start a schematic for the controls.

Dashboard Control List

Shooter Yaw (Current and desired)

Shooter Power (Current and desired)

Balls Stored

Camera (BIG)

Battery

Recomended power?

 

Mockup:

Dashboard Packet Information

Balls Stored - INT8

Shooter Power Current (top) - float

Shooter Power Desired (top) - foat

Shooter Power Current (bot) - float

Shoter Power Desired (bot) - float

Turret Angle Current - float

Turret Angle Desired - float

 

Important Links

IO Pinout

Mentor Availability

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