Tyrannosaurus Wombat
Tyrannosaurus Wombat

Intoduction

The Tyrannosaurus Wombat is a testing platform that was built to be light and easy to transport.

Mechanical
Physical
Length: 24 inches
Width: 19 inches
Height: 10 inches
Weight: 48 pounds with battery
Drive Base
Andymark AM14U3
6 inch wheels
Toughbox Mini 8.45:1 gear ratio
4 mini CIMs

Electrical
Primary
12V SLA Sealed Lead Acid 14AH Deep Cycle
120Amp thermal circuit breaker
Secondary
CTR POWER DISTRIBUTION PANEL (PDP)
Connected to Primary
Voltage Regulator Module (VRM)
Connected to CTR PDP VRM port
Pololu 5V 9A step down converter
Connected to CTR PDP Port 6, 20 Amp

Loads
CTR Talon SRX A
Connected to CTR PDP Port 15, 40 Amp
CTR Talon SRX B
Connected to CTR PDP Port 14, 40 Amp
CTR Talon SRX C
Connected to CTR PDP Port 13, 40 Amp
CTR Talon SRX D
Connected to CTR PDP Port 15, 40 Amp
Lime Light
Connected to CTR PDP Port 7, 20 Amp
RoboRio
Connected to CTR PDP controller port
Open-Mesh OM5P-AC Dual Band 1.17 Gbps Access Point
Connected to CTR VRM 12V 2Amp port
Linksys 5 port switch
Connected to CTR VRM 12V 2Amp port
Raspberry Pi 4
Connected to Pololu 5V Stepdown
Pololu A-Star 32U4 Robot Controller LV
Connected to Pololu 5V Stepdown
Connected to Raspberry Pi expansion port.
SRX Mag Encoder A
Function: Left Wheel Encoders
Connected to CTR Talon SRX A
SRX Mag Encoder B
Function: Right Wheel Encoders
Connected to CTR Talon SRX C
Gadgeteer Pigeon IMU
Connected to CTR Talon SRX D
Microsoft LifeCam HD-3000 for Business
Connected to Raspberry Pi 4 USB port
Arduino Every Nano
Connected to Roborio, I2C SCL, SDA port, 5V GND port
Adafruit 16 neopixel ring
Connected to Arduino Every Nano pin D20

Eithernet
Lime Light
IP address 10.44.44.11
address
RoboRio
IP address 10.44.44.2
Address Roborio-4444-frc.local
Open-Mesh OM5P-AC Dual Band 1.17 Gbps Access Point
IP address 10.44.44.1
SID: 4444_jims
Raspberry Pi 4
IP address:
Address:

CAN Bus
CTR Talon SRX A
Function Mini CIM Left Motor A
CAN bus address 1
CTR Talon SRX B
Function Mini CIM Left Motor B
CAN bus address 3
CTR Talon SRX C
Function Mini CIM Right Motor A
CAN bus address 2
CTR Talon SRX D
Function Mini CIM Right Motor B
CAN bus address 4
RoboRio
CAN bus address 0
CTR POWER DISTRIBUTION PANEL
CAN bus address 18

I2C
Arduino Every Nano
Address 8

Characterization

I've run the frc-characterization tool twice, once at 0.25V/s and once at 0.5V/s. Here are the results:

0.25V/s

kS:0.632, kV:1.85, kA:0.628, r-squared:0.998, kP:41.5, kD:20.2

0.5V/s

kS:0.66, kV:1.9, kA:0.4555, r-squared:0.994, kP:35.2, kD:16.6



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