Electrical System
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A rendering of this year’s electrical board.

A layout of this year’s electrical board documenting the placement of each component

For the past several years, the space the team has had for the electrical board has gotten smaller and smaller. To solve this problem we laid out the electrical board in Autodesk Inventor. This year’s design allowed for a large open space underneath the platform system and in turn the team was allotted ample space. One of the key advantages of using design software such as Autodesk Inventor is that if every part is laid out on the screen, then every part will lay out the same way in real life

Specifications

• Victor 884 Speed Controllers (x8)                         FR-VIC884
• Power Distribution Block                                     1492-J16
• Innovation First Robot Controller                        FR-2006-RC
• Innovation First Robot Radio                               ROBOT-RADIO-RC 
• ATC Fuse Panel, 12 Position                                 15600-12-21  
• Maxi Style Fuse Block, Gold Plated, 4 Position       JEF-531D
• Circuit Breaker                                                    CB3-SM-120  
• Backup Battery 7.2 V                                           6N-700AAC   
• 20A Fuse (x4)                                                      CB-20A  
• 30A Fuse (x1)                                                      CB-30A  
• 40A Fuse (x4)                                                      CB-40A  
• Relay Base                                                           700-HN121   
• Solid state relay                                                   700-SKOC2Z25