Electrical Design

The purpose of electrical design is to give the robot the components it needs to be more than just a paperweight.

The electrical design team must consider the following:

Power Consumption and Distribution

What are the most power-hungry parts of the robot?

What is the maximum and minimum voltages required? Current? Power?

What type of battery should you use?

What tasks does the robot need feedback to do? What does it not need feedback for?

What sensors can be used for each task?

Are there alternatives?

What actuators are the mechanical team putting on the robot?

Do they need any electrical components to control those actuators?

What components?

What programming language is the software team using?

Can you get away with a less feature-heavy equivalent? (Arduino Uno instead of an Arduino Mega, etc)

Can we hide the wire in tubes or anything on the robot?

Are my wires going to be in the way?

Can I easily rewire part of the robot with the current wiring system? (Labels, colours, etc)

How hot are all my components getting?

Is that temperature higher than the max temp allowed by the component?

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