Week 11 - Spartan Superway Controls

This week, all of our components arrived and we began programming with what components we could. I started by soldering all the components and making sure that the motors and servos are functioning. Our new motors feature a 100:1 geartrain compared to the 76:1 gear ratio of the previous design. Through this, our pods will run a little bit slower but will have much more torque. We hope that this will help with the problem of motors dying very quickly. Next week, I plan to have all the motors and drivers working so I can begin calculations on the motor speeds, specifically during turns.