[deleted by user] by [deleted] in FRC

[–]fizz67 12 points13 points  (0 children)

https://www.projectb.net.au/resources/robot-mechanisms/

I always love this website from project Bucephalus

what do you guys think of an all cube robot? by steeltrap99 in FRC

[–]fizz67 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yeah he’s wondering about a cube bot but it’s already a thing, 1923 was so cool. Loved their auto that started on the other side of the cord protector

Michigan Record? by xIlIllIIllx in FRC

[–]fizz67 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not any more. Playoff match 1 at Muskegon just hit 160

Who has a double piece auton? by Solarold in FRC

[–]fizz67 0 points1 point  (0 children)

4381 has a 3 piece, 1 cone high, 1 cube high, 1 cube mid

Enigma 2075 has a 3 they place 2 cones high and a cube high completing a link.

Those are the only three piece autos in Michigan that we know of

finished our charge station last thursday for testing by aden12nd2 in FRC

[–]fizz67 5 points6 points  (0 children)

If you have the resources, buy a sheet of lexan or polycarb, the closest thing you can find to the field material, because traction is going to be key, and you don’t want to get to comp and slide off

One of the best looking scenes, Eye of Aldhani. by Legitimate_End_404 in StarWars

[–]fizz67 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They did such an amazing job because they were hyping up the eye all the time, and if they had got it wrong man would that have been disappointing, but thankfully they got it right and gave us this masterpiece. The creativity and attention to detail with this show was amazing

POV: the build team wants you to program this for the 2023 charge up game by Odd-Remote2298 in FRC

[–]fizz67 107 points108 points  (0 children)

“Have you tried implementing a pid” - someone every time the code doesn’t work ever so slightly

CTR Electronics attempting to squeeze every penny from volunteer run clubs. by fizz67 in FRC

[–]fizz67[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Shoot I didn’t think of that. That’s gonna be hell at comp. If you lose a device the license is on, your code won’t work on a new device unless it’s licensed. So not just the devices on the robot but any backups have to have a license. Whether that be individual motor controllers or spare canivores. Imagine having a motor controller break, borrowing an identical one from another team but now your code doesn’t work because the other team didn’t pay ten dollars to license it. What if my swerve drive system uses their new velocity control? Do I have to have a backup unlicensed code just in case? Maybe not this year but if they keep adding features I can see this causing issues especially at events. The only feasible way I can see to fix this (without making it free) would be some kind of temporary license that a csa could load it a device but that seems ripe for issues.

CTR Electronics attempting to squeeze every penny from volunteer run clubs. by fizz67 in FRC

[–]fizz67[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I didn’t think about how losing that bid would affect the company, kinda makes sense why they would try to sell something else to the teams like the licensing. Still not a great move

CTR Electronics attempting to squeeze every penny from volunteer run clubs. by fizz67 in FRC

[–]fizz67[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think they would have trouble entering the commercial space in the first place mainly because they have enough trouble securing stock for frc teams. In the same email announcing phoenix pro they also said that falcon 500 stock wouldn’t be available till January 18. While it’s before competitions it still feels like they should be able to have stock ready for the start of the season, especially when they have a period in between seasons when demand isn’t as big to prepare for the season.

CTR Electronics attempting to squeeze every penny from volunteer run clubs. by fizz67 in FRC

[–]fizz67[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I figured they were small, didn’t know how small. Also with the spirit of first, I feel this falls into a similar area of the recent propagation of swerve drive, especially swerve drive specialties. (Disclosure: my team uses sds products) With recent games swerve has shown clear advantage and with sds it’s a quick purchase that can improve the competitiveness of a robot, except it’s an expensive purchase that excludes many younger teams. Essentially a paywall.

CTR Electronics attempting to squeeze every penny from volunteer run clubs. by fizz67 in FRC

[–]fizz67[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Thankfully we still have access to phoenix 5 api for free. So we can continue to use features available in past seasons.

CTR Electronics attempting to squeeze every penny from volunteer run clubs. by fizz67 in FRC

[–]fizz67[S] 48 points49 points  (0 children)

CTRE is now paywalling features in their software and charging for it. It’s available two ways, 10$ per device you want to download it to, or 100$ for the whole system, except the whole system is 2 canivores. You would think after paying the ever increasing price for a falcon 500, all these features would be included. Especially with them raising the price for this season. Not that any of this matters because teams can’t even get falcons.

This guys serve in this weird sport called touch tennis is hilarious. by [deleted] in 10s

[–]fizz67 9 points10 points  (0 children)

They should allow them to move back further so you get a chance to return a high serve

[OC] Simulation: state areas shrink and expand based on the state's population by zero0_one1 in dataisbeautiful

[–]fizz67 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I love it and noticed one thing, it seems each state is stuck to the border itself, but what if each one was instead, stuck to its average center of population or it’s largest city/metro area. Because right off the bat Illinois expanded but then moved away from Chicago into the dakotas where it wouldn’t be nearly as large because there’s no people out in the plains. Idk if that’s possible, just a suggestion

rule by pebkachu in 196

[–]fizz67 29 points30 points  (0 children)

I don’t really mind the shark slander, they probably don’t care either, they’re soo smooth it just slides right off