The Wiring Process

Throughout our subteam, we use a variety of wires that accomplish different things. The color and size of wires are very important and something that we need to pay attention to.  

 The CAN wire on our robot is the 22-gauge green and yellow wire.  

 It connects all of our 

 

 

 Motors 

 

 

 Encoders 

 

 

 RoboRio 

 

 

 Pigeon 

 

 

 CANivore 

 

 

 CANdle 

 

 

 PDH 

 

 

 Essentially, it connects everything that needs some sort of information 

 

 Pulse Width Modulation (PWN): 

 

 

 22 gauge 

 

 

 Red - Positive 

 

 

 Black- Negative 

 

 

 White - Neutral/Signal 

 

 

 Power 

 

 

 Usually a lower gauge wire (meaning greater thickness) 

 

 

 

 10 

 

 

 12 

 

 

 14 

 

 

 

 Crimped with Anderson crimps 

 

 

 Connects components to power suppliers (PDH, VRM, etc) 

 

 

 Battery Wire 

 

 

 4 or 6-Gauge Wire 

 

 

 Special Anderson and crimping system 

 

 

 Connect to Batteries 

 

 

 

 Status Lights 

 If you are ever unsure about the condition of a device, always reference its Status Lights and/or Phoenix Tuner 

 For a quick reference on status lights for most electrical devices on an FRC Competition Robot, look at this: Status Light Quick Reference — FIRST Robotics Competition documentation   

 Phoenix Tuner is a way for a user to reference and control a device. From there, you can update its firmware and use it to test prototypes easily.  

 Please reference this for Phoenix Tuner: Phoenix Tuner X and its installation, Installing Phoenix 6 (FRC)