Resources

General References and Discussion Groups

Discussion, Q&A, Advice, and Training

Scappoose School District Parent Resources (Volunteer sign up): https://www.scappoosek12.org/domain/51

Chief Delphi: https://www.chiefdelphi.com/

Reddit FRC: https://www.reddit.com/r/FRC/

Discord Invite to FRC: https://discord.gg/frc

The Blue Alliance (team info): https://www.thebluealliance.com/

The Compass Alliance: https://www.thecompassalliance.org/

Robot Alliance Project: https://robotics.nasa.gov/

OnShape for FIRST instructions: https://www.onshape.com/en/blog/how-to-onboard-your-first-robotics-team

OnShape: https://cad.onshape.com/signin

Some OnShape Tutorial videos: www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjqeAg_-OP3DnPw9NC5koLctflCpj7Y5G 

Places to read/watch about FRC and/or general robotics and mechanisms

Robot photos: https://photos.spectrum3847.org/Robot-Mechanisms

FRC Prototyping videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsiEJAZgdF8LPWDAYBeQJ-EvkUpK295ra

The Unofficial FRC Mechanisms Encyclopedia 

https://www.instructables.com/id/Introduction-to-Manipulators/

https://www.youtube.com/user/thang010146

4-bar linkages

https://mechanicalexpressions.com/explore/kinematics/4-bar-linkage.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2RflLQUFIg&feature=emb_logo

General Calculators

     AMB Calc - Robotics Calculator

ReCalc - a collaberation focused mechanical design calculator 

Right Triangle Calculator

Motor Calculators

Vex Comparison Chart: https://motors.vex.com/

https://www.chiefdelphi.com/t/ilite-drivetrain-simulator-v2020/369188

https://johnvneun.com/calc

T-shirt cannons: https://www.team254.com/shockwave/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLNfRyGQt7U#action=share

RJWoodhead - cheap 3d printable FRC mechanisms 

FRC 900 Zebracorns: https://team900.org/labs/

FRC 2767 Stryke Force Training / presentations: https://www.strykeforce.org/resources/

FRC 3847 Spectrum presentations: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIYn8UJSmDmDyc0hANUuL0A

http://spectrum3847.org/recommendedreading/

FRC 1678 Citrus Circuits: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvrBs4fcUe8mlj6dDeGTJ-g

FRC 4488 Shockwave – First Fair etc.: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMhAnINgND-cef6OCf1YkqA/videos

Jeremy Fielding - Design: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHhXbz1K0k0

Anderson Crimping: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-P4io53AyU

Small Crimping: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9QN8R-ccmQ

Process: https://johnvneun.com/blog/2020/11/robowrangler-process-rules

Akins Laws of (Spacecraft) Design: https://spacecraft.ssl.umd.edu/akins_laws.html


Control Systems and Programming

Byte SIzed Github https://github.com/orgs/4662FRCRobotics/dashboard


FRC Control System https://docs.wpilib.org/en/stable/ explains the installation and use of the standard software kit


WPILib API https://github.wpilib.org/allwpilib/docs/release/java/index.html


CTRE Phoenix https://docs.ctre-phoenix.com/en/latest/index.html speed controllers,  encoders and the Falcon combo motor/controller


REV Software Resources https://docs.revrobotics.com/docs/software-resources Spark Max / NEO speed controller and motor combo


NavX IMU Board https://pdocs.kauailabs.com/navx-mxp/  primary motion (3-axis gyro and inertia detection)


PhotonVision https://docs.photonvision.org/en/latest/index.html package for RPi vision designed as an off-the-shelf solution


Arduino Joystick https://www.instructables.com/Create-a-Joystick-Using-the-Arduino-Joystick-Libra/


Codecademy https://www.codecademy.com/ basic and some advanced training with free sign-up


Spectrum YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/Spectrum3847 look for programming playlist but don’t worry about doing the worksheets


FRC Team 20 Programming YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVxUR4eLiMHmh2v4bfypbMA basics and advanced and again don’t worry about doing any worksheets


Robot Dolphins YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDZCp_HD0cqsgUz7I21EO6w includes a basic programming and a presentation on state machine autonomous


Team 3468 FRC Java Programming Resource Compendium

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jcBLAyJ3iTbsYSnWMVWqHaK8uywGTaTjF98eY_xxpl0/edit


Java Koans Github training thing

github.com/jletroui/FrcJavaKoans/blob/master/README.md

 

Shopping

FIRST specific

Cross reference site by team 1735 - https://findrobotparts.com/

AndyMark - https://www.andymark.com/

CTR Electronics - http://www.ctr-electronics.com/

VEX Robotics - https://www.vexrobotics.com/

REV Robotics - http://www.revrobotics.com/

West Coast Products - https://www.wcproducts.com/

Kauai Labs - https://www.kauailabs.com/

ThriftyBot - https://www.thethriftybot.com/

Vulcan Springs - https://vulcancares.com/

Armabot - https://www.armabot.com/

Practical Parts - https://practical-parts.com/

Competition Robot Parts - http://www.competitionrobotparts.com/

Swyft Robotics Shop: https://swyftrobotics.com/

Armabot: https://www.armabot.com/

Banebots: https://banebots.com/

RoboPromo: https://www.robopromo.com

Playing With Fusion: https://www.playingwithfusion.com

Plummer Industries 

Swerve Drive Specialties 

 

General / non-FIRST

Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/

eBay - https://www.ebay.com/      

80/20 - https://8020.net/

Adafruit - http://www.adafruit.com/

Digi-Key - https://www.digikey.com/

Powerwerx - https://powerwerx.com/

McMaster-Carr - https://www.mcmaster.com/

Polulu - https://www.pololu.com/

Robot Shop - http://www.robotshop.com/en/

MK Battery - https://www.mkbattery.com/contact - use the 800 number and tell them it’s for FRC – they’ll provide the correct battery at cost.