October 2024
A sad day for the team.
Today is a sad day. We lost a trooper in the field. The Spark Max, a motor controller that has been with us since the beginning of the season, has been fried. The cause of death is unknown, but it is suspected that the motor controller was plugged in backwards. The motor controller was found dead on the field, with the smell of burnt electronics filling the air. The Spark Max will be missed, but we will continue to fight on in its memory.
Electrical Frc Rev Spark Sparkmax Whoopsie
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September 2024
FRC simulation in godot to train drivers virtually.
This year, before we were able to finish designing and building our 2024 robot Bothoven, I was busy at home reconstructing the field in Godot from the CAD models provided by First to make a semi-realistic simulation. Building the field To make a good simulation you first have to start with the environment. In this case, it would be the FRC field. I first imported the CAD model from the Onshape page into Godot, however, all the textures and colors were gone due to the file format/Onshape.
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