General Electrical Training

Electrical Terms

100

What is the symbol for Voltage?

V

200

If something had a total output wattage of 50 W and a current of 5 A, what is the Voltage being supplied?

10 Volts

300

What does Resistance mean?

How much energy is being blocked from flowing through the circuit.

400

What is the equation for calculating Wattage?

Voltage (V) * Current (A) = Wattage (W)

500

What is the difference between Voltage and Current?

Voltage is the amount of energy being supplied constantly and Current is how fast the energy is being supplied

Robot Components

100

What does the RoboRio do?

The brains of the whole robot and communicates with the laptop/FMS

200

What physical component provides as an emergency switch to turn the robot on and off?

The Breaker

300

What 4 components distribute power for different parts of the robot (not including the rio)?

PDH, VRM, RPM, & Pneumatics Hub

400

What is the name of the camera with bright green lights that allow the programmers to do computer vision?

The LimeLight

500

What were the two different motors that we used on the robot this year (Full Legal Name)?

NEO Brushless Motor & KrakenX60

Wiring

100

What is the color of the wire that provides power?

Red

200

What is the color of the wire that is ground?

Black

300

What does the CAN bus do?

It allows all the devices connected to the bus talk to each other and communicate its data to the Rio.

400

What is the low color of the CAN wiring?

Green

500

What is the symbol above the port that you have to plug the CAN wire into on a SPARKMax?

V-

WAGOs

100

What is the tab color on WAGOs?

Orange

200

What could you do instead of WAGOing wires together?

Solder them together or find a longer wire

300

Explain how a WAGO connects the wires together.

It uses a clamping force with the small orange flaps that clamp onto a metal contact point and bridge the two connections together.

400

Should you twist the wires when putting a WAGO on a SPARKMax?

No

500

What was the first name of the person who gave us tips on how to wire our robot properly?

Ray

Random

100

What is the capital of New Jersey?

Trenton (also accept Bridgewater)

200

How many games did we win in the dodgeball tournament?

1 💀

300

What is the name of our robot this year?

Zane

400

McDonald’s Grilled Onion Cheddar Burger will do this to your lungs, as of 2021.

What is cause your lungs to rupture and your eyes to bleed?

500

Who will be the captain of our robotics team next year?

Malav Patel the GOAT