SUMMARY.md

Table of contents

• Welcome!
• Mission Statement
• Contributing Guidelines
  • Embed CADs in Wiki Articles
• VEX Worlds Livestream Archive
  • VEX U
  • VRC High School
  • VRC Middle School
  • VIQC Middle School
  • VIQC Elementary School
  • JROTC

⚙️ Hardware

• Design Fundamentals
  • Gear Ratios
  • Internal Forces (Stress)
  • Torque
  • RPM
  • Center of Mass
• Introduction to VEX Parts
  • Structure
    • C-Channels and Angles
    • Fasteners
    • Retainers
    • Gussets and Brackets
    • Bearings
    • Plate Metal and Flat Bars
  • Motion
    • High Strength Components
    • Gears and Sprockets
    • Traction Wheels
    • Mecanum Wheels
    • Omnidirectional Wheels
    • Flex Wheels
• Robot Decorations
  • Part Dyeing
  • Metal Coloring
  • Custom Plastic
  • License Plate Holders
• Lifts
  • Double Reverse Four Bar (DR4B or RD4B)
  • Four Bar
  • Scissor Lift
  • Six Bar
  • Other Lifts
  • Best Practices
• Shooting Mechanisms
  • Catapult
  • Flywheel
  • Linear Puncher
• Drivetrains
  • Tank Drive
  • Mecanum Drive
  • Holonomic Drive
  • Designing a Drivetrain
  • Best Practices
• Pivots & Joints
• Pneumatics
  • Best Practices - Pneumatics
• Intakes
• Flip Out Mechanisms
• Defensive Mechanisms
• Misc. Building Techniques
• VexU
  • Common Manufacturing Techniques
    • 3D Printing
    • Laser Cutting
  • Custom Manufactured Parts Library
  • Commercial Off The Shelf Parts Library

👑 Team Administration

• New Team Resources
  • Creating The Team
  • Gaining Interest for Robotics Teams
  • Attending Competitions
    • Elimination Bracket
• Team Dynamics
  • Organization Structure and Longevity
  • Member Allocation and Management
  • How *Not* To Run a Team
• Team Finances
  • One-Year Team Financial Breakdown
  • Funding Your Teams
• Hosting Competitions
  • Live Streaming
  • Tournament Manager
    • Competition Electronics
    • Creating a Tournament
    • Tools
      • Field Set Control
      • Connecting Mobile Devices
      • Connecting Raspberry Pis
    • Match Control
      • Inputting Match Scores
      • Inputting Skills Scores
      • Inputting Scores on TM Mobile
    • Displays
    • Alliance Selection
  • Additional Event Partner Resources
• VexU Organization Management
  • Getting Started in VexU
  • Team / Personnel Management
  • Volunteering At Local Events

📚 The Judging Process

• The Engineering Design Process
  • Test and Refine
• The Engineering Notebook
  • Segments of the Notebook
  • BLRS2 '23-'24 Engineering Notebook
  • Integrating Inventor Models into Documentation
  • Engineering Notebook Rubric Breakdown
• The Interview
  • Interview Rubric Breakdown
• Using Notion for an Engineering Notebook
  • How to Setup a Notebook
  • How to Create Entries
  • How to Export a Notebook
  • Purdue SIGBots Notion Template
    • Game Analysis
    • Identify The Problem
    • Brainstorm Solution
    • Select Best Approach & Plan
    • Build Log
    • Programming Log
    • Testing Solution
    • Tournament Recap
    • Innovative Feature

🖥️ VEX CAD

• CAD Programs
  • Inventor
  • Fusion 360
  • Solidworks
  • OnShape
  • Protobot
• Making a Chassis
  • Inventor Chassis: The Basics
    • Installation
    • User Interface Overview
    • Dark Mode
    • Assemblies
    • Placing Parts
    • Navigating CAD
    • Changing Visual Style
    • Grounding
    • Connecting Two C-Channels
    • Modifying Existing Constraints
    • Toggling Visibility on Existing Parts
    • Completing Half of the Chassis
      • Inner Drive Channel
      • Bearing Flats
      • Motors
      • Wheels
      • Sprockets
      • Spacers, Washers and Standoffs
      • Spacers Cont.
    • Creating Mid-Plane
    • Mirroring
  • Inventor Chassis: Best Practices
    • File Structure
    • Subassemblies
    • Wheel Subassembly
    • Origin Planes
    • Cross Brace
    • Drive Channels
    • Simple Motor iMates
    • Replacing Simple Electronics
    • Completing Half of the Drive
      • Bearing Flats (Best Practice)
      • Wheels
      • Powered Gear
      • Spacer Boxing
      • Spacers, Washers and Standoffs (Best Practice)
    • Model Browser Folders
    • Mirroring (Best Practice)
    • Model Browser Folder (Right)
    • Main Assembly
  • Fusion 360 Chassis
  • Solidworks Chassis, Chain, and Custom Plastic
• Remembering The Best
  • 62A Skyrise
  • 400X Nothing But Net
  • 2587Z Nothing But Net
  • 365X Starstruck
  • 62A In The Zone
  • 202Z In The Zone
  • 5225A In The Zone
  • 169A Turning Point
  • 929U Turning Point
  • 7K Tower Takeover
  • 5225A Tower Takeover
  • 62A Change Up
• Scuff Controller

💻 Software

• Odometry
• Path Planning
• Robotics Basics
  • Arcade Drive
  • Tank Drive
  • Joystick Deadzones
  • Curvature (Cheesy) Drive
  • Subsystem Toggling
• Organizing Code
  • Code Style
  • Code Styling Guide
  • Writing Good Comments
  • Version Control
• Control Algorithms
  • Bang Bang
  • PID Controller
  • Basic Pure Pursuit
  • Flywheel Velocity Control
  • Kalman Filter
  • Take Back Half (TBH) Controller
  • RAMSETE Controller
• Competition Specific
  • Operator Control
  • Autonomous Control
• C++ Basics for VEX Robotics
  • Basic Control Flow
  • Enumerations
  • Namespaces (::)
  • Multiple Files (C/C++)
• VEX Programming Software
  • PROS
    • OkapiLib
  • Robot Mesh Studio (RMS)
  • EasyC
  • RobotC
  • VEXcode
  • Midnight C
• General
  • Stall Detection
  • Register Programming
  • Sensors and Odometry in Autonomous
  • Embedded Programming Tips
  • Debugging
  • Bit Shift
  • Bit Mask
  • Autoformatting
  • Finite State Machine
  • Data Logging
• Object Recognition
  • Red Green Buoy
  • AMS
  • OpenCV
  • OpenNI
• 🤖 AI in VRC: Pac-Man Pete

⚡ VEX Electronics

• V5 ESD Protection Board
• VEX Electronics
  • VEX V5 Brain
    • V5 Electronics Observations and Issues
  • VEX Controller
  • VEXnet and V5 Robot Radio
  • VEX Battery
  • VEX Motors
• VEX Sensors
  • 3-Pin / ADI Sensors
    • Encoder
    • Potentiometer
    • Limit Switch
    • Bumper Switch
    • Accelerometer
    • Gyroscope
    • Ultrasonic
    • Line Tracker
    • LED Indicator
  • Smart Port Sensors
    • GPS Sensor
    • Rotation Sensor
    • Vision Sensor
    • Optical Sensor
    • Distance Sensor
    • Inertial Sensor (IMU)
    • 3-Wire Expander
• V5 Brain Wiring Guide
• Legacy
  • VEX Cortex
  • Power Expander
  • VEX Motor Controller
  • VEX Cortex Wiring Guide

General Electronics

• General Topics
  • External Boards
    • ASUS Tinker Board S
    • Arduino
    • Beagleboard
    • Leaflabs Maple
    • LattePanda
    • Meadow F7 Micro
    • Netduino
    • ODROID-XU4
    • Pandaboard
    • Raspberry Pi
  • Analog-Digital Converter (ADC)
  • Bit-Bang
  • GPIO
  • I2C
  • Jitter
  • Line Noise
  • List of Tools
  • Output Drive
  • Power Consumption
  • Radius Array
  • Resettable Fuse (PTC)
  • SPI
  • Slew Rate
  • Stalling
  • USART
  • UART
  • 5 Volt Tolerant
  • DC Motor Basics