1. Programming and Electronics Training
Monica Begnaud
Cody Stafford

2. Electronics
Monica Begnaud

4. Compact Rio (CRIO) Brain of the Robot
Is connected to the Dlink by Ethernet cable
Outputs signals to the PD Board and Digital Sidecar
Has different slots depending on what your robot does
Ex: pneumatics

5. Dlink and Camera Dlink Router that the drive station connects to
Camera so the drivers can see from the robot’s perspective on the dashboard

6. Power Distribution (PD) Board
Connected to the CRio
Send power out to the motor controls and the circuit breaker

7. Digital Sidecar Gets power from the PD board and signal from the CRio
Has signal outputs for the motor controls, servos, and the signal light

8. Jaguar (Jags) Motor controller
Motor Connections
Motor controller
Connected to the Sidecar with a PWM wire and to the PD Board
Can control the amount of power sent to the motors
Power Connections
PWM Connections

9. Spikes
Like a Jag, it’s a motor controller but it doesn’t vary the amount of power. It’s just on or off.

10. CIM Motors
Connected to and controlled by the Jags
Jag Connections

11. Types of Wires
Power Wires
PWM Wires

12. Breaker and Battery Battery connected to the breaker
Connections
Battery connected to the breaker
Breaker controls the power to the robot.
Turn the breaker OFF before messing with any of the wiring!!!
Power Button

14. Programming a FRC Robot
Cody Stafford

15. What is LabVIEW? Why Is programming important?
What Robotics programs use LabVIEW?

16. LabVIEW Programming basics
What is a VI?
Robot Main.vi
Begin.vi
Autonomous.vi
TeleOp.vi
Finish.vi

17. ‘Programming’ Flowchart
State hardware that will be used
Hardware’s function and speed
Decide controller layout
Create a flowchart of the program

18. ‘Programming’ Flowchart Example
You have a robot with two motors, two jags, a CRio, and an Xbox control. You want the motors to run at ½ speed whenever you hit forward on the right stick but that is all you want it to do

19. Example Flowchart

20. Group ‘Programming’ Flowchart
Get into your groups
Decide on what hardware you are going to use
Create a flowchart for the manipulator your team choose