Control System Components

The control system was essentially a radio controlled car system and was not programmable. It had two major components:

• Termiflex Controller - The driver controls (by a New Hampshire company)
• Micro Controller - The RC-style robot controller

The radios were bypassed by unplugging them and connecting a cable tethering the Driver controls directly to the robot.

FIRST 1993 Control System Manual

Micro Controller (Robot)

• 2 channels controlled by the 8-position joystick (not variable) (+x, -x, +y, -y, +x+y, +x-y, -x+y, -x-y, and off)
• 4 channels controlled by the Termiflex keypad

Termiflex Controller (Driver Controls)

The layout provided connections for:

• A simple keypad (forward/reverse/off buttons)
• One (1) joystick
• A transmitter or direct robot connecting tether wire

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