Revision as of 04:02, 17 January 2010

FRC Team 1640 Programming Department

Programming Ideas/Goals

• Pivot Drive
  • Port to magnetic encoders (important)
  • Develop the full turning wheel (done)
  • Recalculate math for all drives (important)
  • Add twist control
  • Enable multi front chassis
  • Develop new innovative drive modes
• Vision
  • Develop target tracking using camera (important)
  • Develop line tracking using IR (important)
  • Develop ball tracking using IR/Ultrasonic
  • Develop robot tracking using IR/Ultrasonic
• Robot Safety
  • Develop anti flipping system using gyro (over bumps)
  • Develop automatic camera folding using IR (when going under tunnels)
  • Add LED to robot for front location and drive purposes (refers to multi front chassis program)
  • Develop a last resort, autonomous, safety mode
• Robot Itself and Kicker
  • Pneumatics, Solenoids, others
  • Finale tower climbing system (important)
  • LED pizzazz for signaling
  • Autonomous system with customization (important)
  • Whatever kicker they decide to use (once determined)
  • Camera to kicker relationship
• Driver Station
  • Update Classmate PC (mandatory and constantly)
  • Design friendly control system with LEDs and toggle switches
  • Redesign Classmate driver screen
• Lessons/Etc.
  • Pivot Drive
  • LabVIEW
  • Algorithm development
  • Programming management
  • Camera System
• Conclusive Paperwork
  • Detailed Documentation of Process and Code
  • Easy Driver Manual (Big Read Me)
  • Nice demonstration powerpoint

Programming Team "Crews"

• Drive System
  • Kenneth Au
• Vision System
  • Paul Klufas
• Arm System
• Autonomous/Finale System

Labview links

FIRST Robotics Software 2010 - Windows - LabVIEW & NI Utilities - this is the initial release, Do not use the serial number that comes in the software kit for activation. You MUST use the following Serial Number to activate LabVIEW: L13R00000

Link to the FIRST FRC Software Page that has all the programming information on the 2010 software packages.