DEWBOT VI Programming
From DEW Robotics
Contents
FRC Team 1640 Programming Team
Journal for the Programming Team
Build Season 2010 "Breakaway"
If you are a programmer, please add/edit.
Programming Ideas/Goals
- Pivot Drive
- Port to magnetic encoders
- Recalculate math for all drives
- Develop multi front chassis algorithm
- Talk about innovative pivot drive usage
- Vision
- Develop target tracking using camera
- Develop line tracking
- Develop ball tracking
- Robot Safety
- Develop anti flipping system
- Robot Itself and Kicker
- Autonomous system with customization
- Program kicker
- Finale tower climbing system
- LED for signaling
- Develop camera to kicker relationship
- Driver Station
- Update Classmate PC
- Design friendly control system with LEDs and toggle switches
- Lessons/Etc.
- Pivot Drive
- LabVIEW
- Algorithm development
- Programming management
- Camera System
- Conclusive Paperwork
- Detailed Documentation of Process and Code
- Easy Driver's Manual
- Nice demonstration PowerPoint
Ideas Discussed
Vision System
January 17, 2010
- Caged Camera for safety and protection
- Spring system that just knocks back or foward
- Material and shape TBA
- Located in middle of robot
- Rotation and Altitude control
- Recalibratible camera
- Reuse of camera code instead of making more
- 3 Goals:
- Target Tracking
- Driver's Aid
- Field Watcher
Tasks In Progress
January 17, 2010
- Vision system programming
- Pivot Drive math recalculations
- Remind Paul/Ken to update Classmate
Tasks Accomplished
January 17, 2010
- Assembled successful Control System
- Tested out Control System
- Tested out Cherry Magnetic encoders and various light sensors
- Created power plug for camera
- Worked out some math for pivot drive
Programmer's Journal
January 16, 2010
9pm-12am
- Set up control system
- Tore apart Pivot Bot Prototype
- Reimaged cRIO
- Installed drivers for Classmate
- Checked out Cypress First touch
- Talked about camera system (look above)
- Broke into vision and pivot crew
- Talked about drive math
- Tested out Cherry sensors
- LUNCH
1pm-5pm
- Tested out more of cherry sensor
- Tested out light sensors
- Worked on camera
- Went to RadioShack to buy H head for camera
- Solder plug and plugged in into power distrabution
- Realize need to update classmate
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.
