RCEEBudget

From GT RoboJackets

Heres what we are estimating for electrical:

Per robot charges:
Boards - PCBexpress quotes 10 4-layer boards each 0-9in square diameter for $333 dollars giving about $33 dollars per board
Parts - Its hard to tell because it depends on how rare the parts being used are, I project about $100 dollars per robot but with some serious overlap. This includes all connectors and such.

Wireless Boards - PCB express gives about $150 for 15 or about $10 each. We need more wirless boards than robots because we need a board for the host to talk to the rest of the bots

Wireless Board components- This should be cheap, biggest expense will be antennae ~$50 a board

Per robot totals $33 + $100 + $15 + $50 = $198*10 bots (we need a team of starters and a practice squad) = $1980 (A big number but we could cut corners and do it for less)


One-time supplies:
Wireless Dev Kit-$299 Its that or try to buld one for testing software. Its better to get the dev kit first and test the protocol and controls on our prototype with a working system. We need just one and comes with RX and TX

ARM Dev Kits-I'm gonna say about $90-$200 depending on the model, definitly need these because I don't know about ya'll but I've never worked with an ARM and I'd like to get familar. Andy can give a better price.

Misc lab supplies- A $100 dollars is a good start, this is for project boxes soldering supplies, programmers (if needed), soldering irons, and anything else we can think of.

$299 + $150 + $100=$549 (We cann't play with this much)

The grand total is $1980 + $549 = $3960

Some ideas to save cost
Samples! Samples!
Student Discounts
Borrow components

Lets try to go for this number with that amount we can really get the best we can get.