Luca's Notes

SFR Electrical & Reliability Scouting

Mar 09, 20248 min read

4669

Likely to break in match as is: 25%
Easy to fix rating: 7/10 - simple bot, stupid wiring
Nice to work with: N/D

  • Wire mess
  • Using RPM
  • Main breaker protected
  • unsecured Ethernet
  • radio low on robot

1671

Likely to break in match as is: 5%
Easy to fix rating: 2/10
Nice to work with: ND

  • fairly clean - visible wires look secure

  • using rpm

  • mostly bottom facing electronics

1458

Likely to break in match as is: 40%
Easy to fix rating: 4/10 - neo swerve bot
Nice to work with: Fairly nice - I have good cred from fixing them before

  • using stock Dupont can connectors
  • lots of sparks (on drivetrain)
  • xt60 unsecured power wires
  • excessive wire sheathing
  • using rpm
  • radio dangling from Ethernet for like a long time while they wored

852

Likely to break in match as is: 40%
Easy to fix rating: 3/10 cancer wiring swerve bot
Nice to work with: pleasant but uncommunative

  • lots of wire mess

  • limelight only powered via Poe injector

  • some unsecured can Dupont connectors

  • neos on SDS non inverted

  • wires inside of chain

  • votexes being used

  • neo 550

  • vrm maybe used for vrm??

841

Likely to break in match as is: 30%
Easy to fix rating: 5/10 - kraken swerve bot, slight cancer switch
Nice to work with:

  • some wire mess
  • krakens on drivetrain
  • one neo
  • annoying mentor kinda pain to work with

840

Likely to break in match as is: 35%
Easy to fix rating: 3/10
Nice to work with: ND

  • neo drivetrain

  • wagos

  • minor wire mess

  • radio in prime spot to be k o d

  • radio powered with orange Poe

  • through how encoder on arm

649

Likely to break in match as is: 30%
Easy to fix rating: 2/10 - all wires burried. nothing I can do.
Nice to work with: ND

  • some minor wire mess

  • owns wagos

  • kraken swerve

  • wagos on can

114

Likely to break in match as is: 10%
Easy to fix rating: 5/10 - not much to do, but not very accesible
Nice to work with: Good - like me bc I fixed their linux on their pi <3

  • protected breaker
  • rpi vision solution recently fixed
  • carnivore powered redundantly
  • radio powered only through barrel jack but might add rpm
  • using good Ethernet cables
  • very cooperative
  • radio low down

2551

Likely to break in match as is: 80%
Easy to fix rating: 7/10
Nice to work with: 0/10 do not reccomend

  • Arguing with inspector over something stupid
  • using DuPont for can
  • limelight only powered over Poe
  • neos everywhere (jumpered jsts)
  • not cancoders on drive base
  • main breaker not mounted

4765

Likely to break in match as is: 40%
Easy to fix rating: 4/10 - easy access but sparks :(
Nice to work with: ND

  • some wire mess
  • max swerve
  • sparks with jumpered jsts
  • vision on second port of radio
  • using rpm
  • unsecured Ethernet cables

4698

Likely to break in match as is: ND
Easy to fix rating: 6/10
Nice to work with: ND

  • stock Dupont can connectors
  • probably using rpm
  • neo 550 pivot

2643

Likely to break in match as is: 30%
Easy to fix rating: 8/10
Nice to work with: ND

  • some wire mess
  • radio mounted low
  • radio via Orange Poe
  • some wagos on can

4973

Likely to break in match as is: Yes
Easy to fix rating: 6/10
Nice to work with: ND

  • 221 on can
  • krakens swerve
  • optifuse breaker
  • triple vrm setup
  • cancer box wiring
  • radio is deep in there

4186

Likely to break in match as is: 30%
Easy to fix rating: 4/10
Nice to work with: Worked with them once, they did not evict me

  • wire mess

  • neo tank drive

  • some sparks have jumped just

  • orange Poe for radio

  • 221 for can

  • random Ethernet cables but look new

6662

Likely to break in match as is: 50%
Easy to fix rating: 3/10
Nice to work with: ND

  • a forest of wire vines
  • main breaker is protected
  • using molex sl for can
  • burried radio
  • neos with jumpers
  • tippy
  • quad neo tank
  • using rpm

6814

Likely to break in match as is: 45%
Easy to fix rating: 5/10
Nice to work with: ND

  • stock Dupont connectors for can

  • sparks with no jumpers

  • vortex on mk4i

8840

Likely to break in match as is: 15%
Easy to fix rating: 5/10
Nice to work with: ND

  • neo mk4i
  • sparks with jumpers
  • using rpm
  • cleaner wiring
  • wagos on can
  • optifuse

6822

Likely to break in match as is: 45%
Easy to fix rating: 3/10
Nice to work with: ND

  • max swerve

  • 221 on everything

  • using rpm

  • might be optifuse

  • sketchy through bore wiring

7130

Likely to break in match as is: 40%
Easy to fix rating: 3/10
Nice to work with: ND

  • quad pigeon??
  • sparks with jumpers
  • using rpm
  • wires under tension
  • minor wire mess

7245

Likely to break in match as is: 40%
Easy to fix rating: 4/10
Nice to work with: ND

  • wire mess
  • wagos on can
  • orange Poe injector on radio
  • quad neo tank
  • sparks most with jumpers
  • unable to use elevator because their tube got crushed

8016

Likely to break in match as is: 40%
Easy to fix rating: nah i aint doin all that
Nice to work with: ND

  • ultra wire mess
  • quad neo West coast
  • most sparks have jumpers
  • uses pneumatics
  • orange Poe

8793

Likely to break in match as is: 35%
Easy to fix rating: ND
Nice to work with: ND

  • cheap Amazon lever nuts for can

5924

Likely to break in match as is: 15%
Easy to fix rating: 5/10
Nice to work with: yes its grace

  • many Anderson’s
  • Clean ish wiring
  • using rpm
  • kraken swerve x

9114

Likely to break in match as is: 37.5%
Easy to fix rating: 2/10
Nice to work with: ND

  • wiggly telescopes
  • using rpm
  • colson swerve
  • kraken swerve
  • stock Dupont connectors for can

9111

Likely to break in match as is: 30%
Easy to fix rating: 5/10
Nice to work with: ND

  • quad cim tank
  • cheap lever nut can
  • optifuse
  • uses rpm
  • some sparks have jumpers

9038

Likely to break in match as is: 20%
Easy to fix rating: 3/10
Nice to work with: ND

  • kraken + neo swerve
  • using rpm
  • sparks have jumpers
  • wire mess

8852

Likely to break in match as is: 35%
Easy to fix rating: 5/10
Nice to work with: ND

  • weidmuller can connections
  • stock Dupont can connections
  • max swerve
  • using rpm
  • sparks have jumpers

9143

Likely to break in match as is: 40%
Easy to fix rating: 4/10
Nice to work with: ND

  • using stock Dupont can connectors
  • neo SDS
  • using rpm
  • some sparks have jumpers

6962

Likely to break in match as is: 4/10
Easy to fix rating: 2/10
Nice to work with: ND

  • neo mk4i
  • stock Dupont can connectors
  • using rpm
  • sparks have jumpers
  • wire mess ahh

7426

Likely to break in match as is: 40%
Easy to fix rating: 0/10 please no
Nice to work with: Talked to them, they talked


  • kraken sds
  • using rpm
  • can star ish topology
  • kraken terminals custom crimped
  • can connections soldered
  • fairly clean wiring

846

Likely to break in match as is: 30%
Easy to fix rating: 2/10
Nice to work with: ND

  • kraken swerve

  • some neos, some with jumper

  • some vortex’s

  • custom crimped jsts on can

  • optifuse

5700

Likely to break in match as is: 30%
Easy to fix rating: 3/10
Nice to work with: ND

  • falcon SDS
  • soldered can
  • pneumatic
  • off brand lever nuts on some can
  • radio burried
  • radio on barrel jack

5507

Likely to break in match as is: 20%
Easy to fix rating: 4/10
Nice to work with: Yes

  • wagos on can

  • kraken swerve

  • second radio port for limelight

  • using rpm

  • meh clean wiring

  • cheap lever nuts on can

9006

Likely to break in match as is: 40%
Easy to fix rating: 6/10
Nice to work with: Yes

  • quad neo West coast

  • sparks with jumpers

  • fairly clean wiring

  • using rpm

1700

Likely to break in match as is: 35%
Easy to fix rating: 5/10
Nice to work with: Wouldn’t wish it on james tambling

  • kraken-falcon swerve

  • wagos on can

  • using rpm

  • hot glued Ethernet

  • radio not super buried

2854

Likely to break in match as is: 45% - likely to work well then have catastrophic failure
Easy to fix rating: 2/10
Nice to work with: Confident mentor, nice kids, workable

  • kraken sds

  • wire nuts and wagos on can

  • using vrm

  • welded everything

4904

Likely to break in match as is: 40%
Easy to fix rating: 1/10 custom swerve unfixable
Nice to work with: good except james tambling

  • wagos on can
  • sparks have jumpers

9584

Likely to break in match as is: 20%
Easy to fix rating: 7/10
Nice to work with: ND

  • quad falcon tank
  • orange Poe
  • latching Dupont type connectors on can

6418

Likely to break in match as is: 35%
Easy to fix rating: 1/10 no shot im fitting my hands in that shit
Nice to work with: ND

  • neo tank
  • orange Poe for radio
  • wagos on can
  • sparks with jumpers

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