2010:Electrical Main 01.14

Attendance:

Mike Hartman

Matthieu D.

Tom Powers

Vaughn Thompson

Kevin Krech

Dave S.

Jan. 14, 2010 6:00-9:00

Accomplished:

-Mock Electrical Board!!!!!  has all but one victor and the radio attached.  Needs to be wired.

-power cable for between cRio and power distribution is in the plastic box with the 2010 parts.  Also in there is the cable to the battery and the short jumper for between the circuit breaker and power distribution board.

To be Ordered:

Radio (wireless xcvr for the robot)- WGA600N

To be completed next meeting:

1. Wiring Mock Electrical Board

2. Electrical Board in Inventor

3. Determine some absolute positional sensor options (digital pots, hall effect, potentiometers, etc).

4. Determine (with the help of programming) if we should use the CAN</u interface or the PWM interface.-For the record, this isn't decided yet :D

5. Connectors needed? RJ-type connectors for CAN bus? PWM connectors? Give QTY and Part Numbers/Links (Digikey is a decent reference). -Decided by the result of number 4.