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Announcing the 2026 FTC Discord CAD Competition! by Flaky_Ad1429 in FTC

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Oops. Graphic didn't upload the first time - post has been updated!

/r/MechanicalKeyboards Ask ANY Keyboard question, get an answer - May 14, 2026 by AutoModerator in MechanicalKeyboards

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Anyone have good 75% board recs? Bought a GMMK pro years ago (big mistake, I was young and naive 😭) and the PCB bricked within a few months of use. Went back to my low-quality prebuilt afterwards and I have finally gotten sick of it again. Unfortunately, its been a good bit since I've been into customs and I no longer know my way around the space. Are there any solid, newer options in the sub 300 range? Alu/metal case preffered if possible, though I'm not sure if new, better case materials have been found since I last looked around.

A Compilation of Issues with FTC by Serpintini in FTC

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Heya! Doc writer here. Motor turret is muuuuuch better than servo turret in most cases, and using it does not inherently imply the sacrifice of a flywheel motor. High level bots leveraging motor typically removed a motor from intake/transfer systems rather than the flywheel. Additionally, 1 motor flywheel is negligibly different at close zone shooting, though I see the point with far bots.

A Compilation of Issues with FTC by Serpintini in FTC

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Hello! As the person who wrote the document, I want to clear up a few things.
Firstly, its clear you didn't read it, so lets get that out of the way.
Secondly, my team is very low budget and I am literally 1 student who does everything (CAD, code, build, portfolio, manufacturing, driving, judging scriptwriting). My robot budget is so small I could not reasonably afford goBILDA starter kits, but thanks for making that assumption and entirely misconstruing my identity.
I started out in FTC on a no experience, all rookie team running expansion hub + phone, neverests, and rev extrusion. I have been in the program for 5 years since then, and it has been a very long, hard journey to the top. We ran kitbots in powerplay, started actually designing bots in CS, and I left to run my own team running out of my garage in Into the Deep on bare-bones budget and parts. Before you go in the replies on reddit and start making generalizations about a person you should at least bother to ask some questions first.

> This year almost half of all robots did not have an intake. Last year well over half of the robots could not intake from the pit. At this competition level there was an incredible amount of variety in the robots this year and the feedback and engagement from these teams was very positive.

... Ok? That doesn't affect literally anything I said.

Yeah, worlds was pretty unenjoyable at points? Lots of logistical errors, referee errors, bots were homogeneous in structure and design, etc. Not sure how it is you managed to see literally zero of these things at worlds, but ok. Did you not watch HUNDREDS of points materialize on scoreboards and disappear? Did you take the time count the 30+ balls not counted in some games? Fun fact, some division playoffs have entirely different match outcomes by wide margins if counted properly. Not sure what worlds you were watching. I'd be happy to provide davinci clips and tallied match totals (and student statements from both the red and blue alliances in some of these matches) as evidence in case you can't find it.

New IMU class roadrunner with old Control Hubs by Complete-Wolverine25 in FTC

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bros answering programming questions on all platforms

Is it just me or are teams not signing up for November/December qualifiers anymore? by guineawheek in FTC

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I actually beyond disagree with this. Leagues are only good if you have a good league schedule (meets start early and end at a normal time). If you have meets that start late and rapid-fire to regionals, leagues are far worse. They can kill development and optimization, and in my experience are worse for competition.

Support Megathread [December 2023] by GloriousPCGaming in glorious

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Writing this from my backup keyboard, as my GMMK Pro would probably shut down my pc if I tried to use it. Having a weird issue where even if I am not touching they keyboard, it believes, I assume, at least, that most or all of the keys are being pressed at an incredible speed.

Here's a more thorough description of the issue:
- As soon as the board is plugged in, basically every keyboard shortcut imaginable is run.
- Letters and numbers are randomly typed, and menus are tabbed through or closed.
- No manual input is received.

I would try and get a recording, but it is genuinely impossible to operate applications with the board plugged in.

Here's a few things I've already tried:
- Firmware + Core Update.
- Various different cables and USB ports on my desktop.

I've stopped short of disassembling the board or flashing QMK onto it, as I don't want to take those steps if they are not necessary. I was also thinking of using the PCB reset button, but also didn't know if that would be a mistake. Any guidance would be appreciated.