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 bridge actuator 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.

Manual Override Controls

Manual conveyor override (3 stages)(Needs input from Shooter Subteam)

Bridge actuator (if not pneumatics)(Put on joysticks)

Broken Toggles

Bridge actuator encoder

Conveyor system (Break all)

Turret angle encoder

Shooter speed broken

If conveyor system contains pneumatics and magnetic sensors are attached to cylinders, then we need a broken switch

Functions

DRIVETRAIN

BRIDGE MANIPULATOR

BALL ACQUISITION

BALL STORAGE

BALL SHOOTER

AUTONOMOUS/HYBRID MODE SELECTOR

ROBOT FAULT OVERRIDES

Tasks

• Work on the top-level control drawing.
• Design and fabricate a knob for the turret control.
• Start a schematic for the controls.
• Come up with a spreadsheet/wiki showing each control and the interface on the controls and robot (port number/axis/etc.).

Dashboard Control List

Shooter Yaw (Current, not desired)

Shooter Power (Current, not desired)

Storage positions used

Camera (If used)

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