RoboCup: Redesign 2014-2015

Phase I: Techanical Analysis

The first stage of the 2014-2015 RoboCup redesign involves brainstorming potential upgrades by researching new technologies/resources since the last revision. A parallel analysis of current robot bugs and potential enhancements is also done at this time. Outlined below is a listing of resources that the team used in it's brainstorming stage.

Competition 2014

Phase II: Design

Layout

Max PCB Dimensions

To Do

Determine location and placement for dribbler motor header
Update hall connection header to right angled one
Determine optimal placemnt direction for drive motor phase connections (motor board)
Add connection header for ball sensor to control board
Update the 14-pin connection header (female) for the control-to-motor board connection
Add pin locations to all connection housings in CAD part files
Add wires among connections in CAD assembly files
Finalize method for adjusting motor wire lengths when motors arrive
Determine kicker connections and integration

Radio

To Do

Determine optimal secondary frequency for base station updates

FPGA

To Do

Transition the I²C bus lines to the microcontroller
Update Verilog for new balanced encoder signals (A+, A-, B+, B-)
- ( (A+) + (A-) == 0 ) should be true for no errors