Local Club Project: Fall 2009

    We are having a competition based on the rules of the upcoming IEEE Southeastcon 2010 Hardware Competition. The winner of the local event will then be able bring their vehicle to IEEE.


Rules:

The rules are based on the IEEE Southeastcon 2010 Hardware Competition, and are listed here. The main emphasis is to build a solar power vehicle that can navigate an obstacle course. However for the local competition, we will allow for battery operation off a single rechargable 9 Volt. Teams that use solar power only will receive a 5x multiplier for the points. They will be $250 budget provided by the club.


Teams:

Team NameSolarImage
Crazy BredYes
Solar FlareNo
Ram RodYes
Blue TeamYes
Tinny TimYes
Click on team name for a further breakdown

Total Spent: $1044.04




Useful Links:

Robotic Parts, Kits, and Sensors:
Sparkfun Electronics
Acroname
Robot Marketplace
Lynx Motion
Solarbotics
Pololu

Solar Panels:
RadioShack
SimpleRay

Microcontrollers:
Microchip (PICs)
RabbitSemi (Rabbits)
Coridium (Armmite)
MikroE (various)

R/C Parts:
Tower Hobbies
Hobby Lobby
Graves RC (local)
Bob's Bobby Center at Steve's Hangar (local)

Everything Else:
Digi-Key
Skycraft Parts and Surplus (local)





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