Difference between revisions of "Pi Wars 2020"
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| − | + | * Build 100% new robot | |
| − | + | * Seperate batteries and PSU for Pi | |
| − | + | * Resettable fuses | |
| − | + | * Stepper or smaller motors | |
| − | + | * Move slow and accurate | |
| − | + | * 3 identical robots (yet clearly identifable!) | |
| − | + | * Plan and deadlines | |
| − | + | * Start earlier | |
| − | + | * Strict change control & test regime | |
| − | + | * Pi Compute | |
| − | + | * Explore offload motor control to Arduino (if not stepper) | |
| − | + | * Better time of flight | |
| − | + | * More accurate reproduction of challenges | |
| − | + | * No cheap motor controllers | |
| − | + | * Pixy is good | |
| − | + | * PID was good for speedtest | |
| − | + | * Indexed connectors | |
| − | + | * Component test framework | |
| − | + | * Software test framework / robot simulator | |
| − | + | * Robot every other Tuesday (beware meeting clashes, eventually that will intersect) | |
| − | + | * Evaluate using Python / ROS | |
| − | + | * Better aesthetics * LEDs, | |
| − | + | * Better screen | |
| − | + | * VR / FPV * 360 | |
| − | + | * Streaming telemetry | |
| − | + | * Rebuild NERF gun pcb | |
| − | + | * Compressed air nerf cannon | |
| − | + | * TH components only | |
| − | + | * Stay within current limits of components :D (or add a chimney) | |
| − | + | * Laser cut chassis | |
| − | + | * Alu floor pan | |
| − | + | * Nylon locking nuts | |
| − | + | * More magnets (screw mountable) | |
| − | + | * Restart quicker | |
| − | + | * Watchdog Pi | |
| − | + | * Solve controller syncing issue | |
| − | + | * Physical button to navigate menu | |
| − | + | * Get more sponsors (BT, Broadcom) | |
| − | + | * Fix down hardware even in prototype (no dangling boards) | |
Latest revision as of 15:43, 5 August 2019
https://piwars.org/2020-competition/
Retrospective:
- Build 100% new robot
- Seperate batteries and PSU for Pi
- Resettable fuses
- Stepper or smaller motors
- Move slow and accurate
- 3 identical robots (yet clearly identifable!)
- Plan and deadlines
- Start earlier
- Strict change control & test regime
- Pi Compute
- Explore offload motor control to Arduino (if not stepper)
- Better time of flight
- More accurate reproduction of challenges
- No cheap motor controllers
- Pixy is good
- PID was good for speedtest
- Indexed connectors
- Component test framework
- Software test framework / robot simulator
- Robot every other Tuesday (beware meeting clashes, eventually that will intersect)
- Evaluate using Python / ROS
- Better aesthetics * LEDs,
- Better screen
- VR / FPV * 360
- Streaming telemetry
- Rebuild NERF gun pcb
- Compressed air nerf cannon
- TH components only
- Stay within current limits of components :D (or add a chimney)
- Laser cut chassis
- Alu floor pan
- Nylon locking nuts
- More magnets (screw mountable)
- Restart quicker
- Watchdog Pi
- Solve controller syncing issue
- Physical button to navigate menu
- Get more sponsors (BT, Broadcom)
- Fix down hardware even in prototype (no dangling boards)
