DEWBOT VI Programming

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
  • Final 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.

LabVIEW Tutorials to learn some LabVIEW

FRC 2010 Training Tutorials to learn the 2010 LabVIEW

FRC 2010 Driver Station to learn the 2010 Driver Station

FIRST Community National Instrument's FIRST Community

Programming Forum from Chief Delphi - Chief Delphi Programming

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