Programming and Electronics TrainingMonica BegnaudCody Stafford

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Electronics Monica Begnaud

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Compact Rio (CRIO)• Brain of the Robot• Is connected to the

Dlink by Ethernet cable• Outputs signals to the

PD Board and Digital Sidecar• Has different slots

depending on what your robot does• Ex: pneumatics

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Dlink and Camera• Dlink Router that the

drive station connects to • Camera so the

drivers can see from the robot’s perspective on the dashboard

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Power Distribution (PD) Board• Connected to the

CRio• Send power out to

the motor controls and the circuit breaker

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Digital Sidecar• Gets power from the

PD board and signal from the CRio• Has signal outputs for

the motor controls, servos, and the signal light

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Jaguar (Jags)• Motor controller • Connected to the

Sidecar with a PWM wire and to the PD Board• Can control the

amount of power sent to the motors

8PWM Connections

Power Connections

Motor Connections

Spikes• Like a Jag, it’s a

motor controller but it doesn’t vary the amount of power. It’s just on or off.

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CIM Motors• Connected to and

controlled by the Jags

10Jag Connections

Types of Wires

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PWM Wires

Power Wires

Breaker and Battery• Battery connected to

the breaker• Breaker controls the

power to the robot.• Turn the breaker OFF

before messing with any of the wiring!!!

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Connections

Power Button

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Programming a FRC RobotCody Stafford 14

What is LabVIEW?• Why Is programming important?• What Robotics programs use LabVIEW?

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LabVIEW Programming basics

What is a VI?

• Robot Main.vi• Begin.vi• Autonomous.vi• TeleOp.vi• Finish.vi

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‘Programming’ Flowchart• State hardware that will be used• Hardware’s function and speed• Decide controller layout• Create a flowchart of the program

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‘Programming’ Flowchart Example• You have a robot with two motors, two jags, a CRio, and an

Xbox control. You want the motors to run at ½ speed whenever you hit forward on the right stick but that is all you want it to do

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Example Flowchart

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Group ‘Programming’ Flowchart• Get into your groups• Decide on what hardware you are going to use• Create a flowchart for the manipulator your team choose

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