RoboCup Electrical 2012

The Electrical System

The electrical system is all the electrical hardware and firmware used to operate the 2012 RoboCup team. It includes the host hardware, the wireless link, and the electronics for the each robot.

Current Activities

• 2012 EE To Do List
• 2008 Kicker Rebuild
• 2011 Kicker Rebuild

Systems

• On Board Control
  • Brushless Drivers
  • Wireless Tranceivers
  • Power Supplies and Batteries
  • Sensors
    • Ball Sensor
    • IMU Sensor
  • Micro-Controller
  • FPGA
  • Firmware
• Kicker Electronics
  • Kicker 1.0 Errata
• Base Station

Future Ideas

• New motors
• Ball sensor upgrade
• Using hall effect sensors to eliminate encoders
• All onboard processing