Post-Competition Thoughts

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Post-Competition Thoughts

• F. Chang, J. Schrier, D. Lee

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Better is the enemy of good (Josh)
User Interface-Absolutely necessaryTrack
Memorization-Ambitious w/ SK167 Car
tuning-Impossible without UI
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When all you have is a hammer (Fred)
Code Timing optimizationsCommon errors in
software to avoid
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Broken Robots are Slow

• Revise your car designs
• Minimum weight, low CG
• Boom Length is a CRITICAL design param
• Wood is bad
• Sensors
• Use high-quality capacitors to avoid temperature
  discrepancies (digikey)
• We used 3 sensors only. Simplicity
• Active Filters may be better

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Final Words

• Be realistic about your goals
• Find the root problems of your errors, dont use
  band-aids