2012:Electrical Main
Electrical Subteam Members
- Students
Vaughn
Justin B.
Shayna
Mo
Nick B.
Tommy M.
- Mentors
Dave B.
Eric A.
Christian S.
Dean S.
Dave S.
Gafei S.
Carol E.
Tentative Attendance Calendar
January
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February
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Master Task List
High Priority
Medium Priority
Low Priority
Sub Task List
Links to Other Important Stuff
Robot Electromechanical Design Features
DRIVETRAIN
- six wheel drive
- two CIM motors (maybe 4), one per side on speed controllers
BRIDGE MANIPULATOR
- bridge manipulator is the same as the guide wings of the ball collector
BALL ACQUISITION
- guide wings plus input roller (beater bar)
- one motor for roller - reversible and on speed controller
- wing actuator - motor or pneumatic???
BALL STORAGE
- three-stage conveyor system
- one motor for each conveyor segment (3 total), each on speed controller
- four beam-break sensors - one at each conveyor exit "parking" position and one at first conveyor entrance to stop input roller.
SHOOTER
- two-wheel "pinch roller" shooter on rotating turret
- two motors for shooter (one for each wheel) so that relative speeds can be varied for backspin.
- an RPM sensor on each motor so that speeds can be matched, or purposely mismatched a known amount
- one motor for turret rotation
- a sensor for turrent position probably not necessary since it's kind of obvious (?)
IR Sensors
IR (infared) sensors are phototransistors that are used in conjunction with infareddiodes. They are cheap and can be made with parts that we already have.
http://penfieldrobotics.com/wiki/index.php?title=Image:IR_Sensor_schematic.png
Progress Report: A proto-type of the sensor has been soulder to a protoboard. A better design and layout out the sensor will come in the future pending the testing of the current protoboard.
Mini Beam Sensors
These fiber optics use a red light that senses if the light stream is broken which is then sent back to the sensor. The range of the the sensor is 6in but a not optimal voltage (10V {<-- Used} but max was 30V) was used. Obtained for free by a mentor.
http://penfieldrobotics.com/wiki/images/f/f2/Banner_Sensor.jpg
Robot Sensor Requirements
Motor Outputs
Visual Feedback to Drivers ?
Electrical Main Subteam's Engineering Notebook
Engineering Notebook Templates Available at: Engineering_Notebook_Template
Please Label All Notebook Pages 2012:Electrical Main MM.DD to avoid confusion.
Component Specifications
File:2012 MotorInfoRevised.pdf
File:Natl Instruments 9201 AnalogModule.pdf
File:GRS2011SwitchMomentary.pdf
IO Pin Maps for Old Robots
- 2011 Thunderous Prime IO Map
- 2010 Thunderfoot IO Map
- 2009 Thunderplucker
- IO Pin Maps for Pre-2009 Robots