All cleaned up and ready for Show & Tell!
BB Match Schedule
Match # Blue1 Blue2 Blue3 Red1 Red2 Red3 Thu 8:58 5 5205 4099 1684 4384 379 4607 Thu 10:43 20 4384 7198 2826 1555 2601 379 Thu 2:07 32 3452 1684 4384 4976 4655 4903 Thu 3:24 43 1718 4342 6401 5603 3324 4384 Thu 3:59 48 5687 236 5712 5822 4384 1023 Fri … Continue reading “BB Match Schedule”
Benzene Bots at 2018 Michigan States
Benzene Bots team performed great at the Michigan State Championship. As a result, our team moved up in the ranking and we’re now ranked 70th out of 500+ teams in Michigan. Our team made to the finals in our division. We were the eight seed alliance caption. After picking two other teams as our alliance … Continue reading “Benzene Bots at 2018 Michigan States”
New Martinrea Building
Our new shop as of January 4th, 2018! Needless to say, lots to do in short order. Shop Address: 2100 N Opdyke Rd, Auburn Hills, MI 48326 Entry for our shop will be through the North side door.
EKGAR – Bill of Materials
Parts List (Bill of Materials or BOM) for EKGAR Description Name Qty Cost Total Ali Cost Main CPU ESP32 Dev Board 1 $12.00 $12.00 $7.60 Hub Axles 1/4-20 Cap Head Bolt 3 1/2″ 12 $0.36 $4.33 Hub Washer 1/4″ SAE Zink Plated 12 $0.02 $0.19 Motor Driver L298N Dual H Bridge 2 $8.00 $16.00 $1.52 … Continue reading “EKGAR – Bill of Materials”
EKGAR – New CAD
EKGAR – Every Kid Gets A Robot Just a quick pic of new CAD data. The front hub support has been reworked so that the bolt interference problem is gone. Plus, the track is now simulated using the “belt-drive” feature in SolidWorks. The new CAD data will soon be on GitHub.
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Distance Measurement using VL6180X & ESP32
This post is just to document using a VL6180X Satellite module to measure distance to a range of 100mm (about 4 inches). The VL6180X Datasheet can be found here and the VL6180X Satellite can be found here. The VL6180X Satellites come in a little package from ST Micro. Inside are two identical VL6180X modules. Each … Continue reading “Distance Measurement using VL6180X & ESP32”
Useful Links
FIRST Web Site: This is a link to the official FIRST web site. This is the place to go to setup your FIRST account. This is a requirement for every student. https://my.firstinspires.org/Dashboard/ OCCRA: “Oakland County Competitive Robotics Association” is a fall competition for just Oakland County schools. The competition is run in the fall and … Continue reading “Useful Links”