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Basic game info
- FRC Manual
- Chief Delphi - the meeting place and brain trust of FRC
- Official FRC Forums - a wealth of information!
- NEMO (Non-Engineering Mentor Organization)
- FRC reddit!
- FIRST archive of prior games
- NASA archive of prior games
Aerial Assist specific game info
- Q&A
- Rule/manual updates
- Rules tests:
- Motor allowance
- 2014 Motor Basic Specs
- KOP Chassis:
- KOP Chassis thread (Chief Delphi)
- Manual & Assembly Guide
- Product Page (Andy Mark)
- Bot in 3 Days Contest Results:
- Ri3D (Robot in 3 Days)
- Build Blitz (VEX build contest)
- Catapults:
- Release Mechanisms:
- Ball Collection:
- Winning bot from 2008
- Cannon Ball Ballistics
KOP
- Kit of Parts (KOP)
- Where to find more... (KOP stuff)
- Generally good stuff to have on hand...
- Team recommended fasteners
Ordering parts
- Andy Mark
- McMaster-Carr
- VEX Robotics
- BaneBots
- KOP Parts & vendor list
- Electronics:
- Sensors:
- Gyro/Accelerometer options
- Digikey ... scroll down to "Sensors, Transducers"
- Laser Mouse Sensor
- Photomicrosensor
- Compass
Programming
- The basics: Java for FRC
- FRC Java API
- Java ME API
- WPI Java Robot API
- WPILib Home
- WPILib intro
- WPILib User's Guide (old? ... is there an update?)
- Getting started with Java
- Command Based Programming:
- Basic Guide
- Example code (FRC 1014 BadRobots)
- Robot Builder:
- Other teams code:
- FRC 118 Robonauts bot gallery (includes code)
- Software control systems - PID:
- PID without a PhD
- PID for beginners
- Tuning PID
- PID tuning via classical methods
- Chief Delphi forum info search
- Titan Robotics RobotC code (a bit to wade through...overly complicated)
- Software control systems - Kalman Filter:
- Software control systems - other:
- Non-Java Programming:
FRC Control System & Driver Station
- Control System Hardware Guide
- Driver Station Guide
- Software Guide
- Troubleshooting Guide
- NI cRIO-FRC II FAQ
- NI Basic Motor Control Tutorial
- Getting started with the SmartDashboard
Sensors
- WPILib Sensor Overview
- Chief Delphi Sensor Forum
- Encoder:
- Measuring rotation of a shaft using encoders
- KOP Encoders (includes mounting, wiring, etc)
- Gyro:
- Using gyro to control robot driving direction
- Wiring a gyro (AndyMark guide)
- Wiring a gyro (FRC-Labs guide)
- Reading temp sensor on KOP gyro
- Accelerometer:
- Vision Tracking
- WPILib Vision Processing
- NI Vision Target White Paper (similar to above but a bit more info)
- Vision processing & Smart Dashboard help
- Team 341 vision system code (this won them the Innovation in Control Award at Nationals)
- 2012 USFIRST White Paper (plus code and network tables spec)
- 2012 Vision Tracking/Camera Info (let me know if this is redundant...)
- Tracking Rectangles (Chief Delphi discussion, incl refs to math dense whitepapers)
- Offboard image processing guide (Team 2035)
- Limit switches:
- Additional Processors (Raspberry Pi, etc):
- How to send data between bot and computer:
- Writing simple NetworkTables in Java
- Network tables discussion on Chief Delphi
- Using Network tables (and RoboRealm?)
Software Install & Classmate Imaging
- Install file list
- Drivers and Updates
- Driver Station Guide
- 2013 Technical Resources
- Install files and order:
- LabVIEW Runtime-Engine (must be the 32 bit SP1 version)
- FRC Utilities (install even though it says must have original image)
- FRC 2013 Driver Station
- FRC Bridge Config Utility
- FRC 2013 LabVIEW Update
Mechanical
- JVN's gearing spreadsheet
- Team 610 pre-season drivetrain
- FRC 973 2009-2013 robot CAD files
- How to open STEP files in Solidworks
- FRC 118 Robonauts bot gallery (includes CAD)
- Simbotics (2008 winner) photo gallery
- Simbotics Drivetrain Design Doc
Electrical
- Talon user manual
- Battery voltage in drivetrain simulation and modeling
- Brownouts/Loosing comms:
- Clean wiring guides:
Pneumatics
Manufacturing
Fundraising
- USFIRST Fundraising Toolkit
- USFIRST Fundraising Toolkit training videos
- Tips for contacting sponsors (FTC 4140 - Fish in the Boat)
- Cold call script (FTC 4140 - Fish in the Boat)
- Fundraising letter (FTC 5096 - Monkey Madness)
- Build-a-Bot Campaign (FTC 4924 - The Tuxedo Pandas)
- Trifold brochure (FTC 3717 - CyberKnights ... us!)
- Trifold team brochure (FTC 3550 - Beta)
General team guides
- WPI (Worcester Polytechnic Institute) Workshop/Conference articles
Judging guidelines ... all I can find is FLL related but I think it is still applicable ....
- FLL Robot Design Rubric
- FLL Judging Coaches Guidelines