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===Control system=== <gallery perrow=3 heights=250px widths=300px> File:44337 - 1998 control system kickoff.png|The transmit side of the control system at [[kickoff]], with two PC flight sticks, button box, and RNET radio [https://www.frcarchive.com/index.php?q=post/view/44337] File:44338 - 1998 control system kickoff.png|The BASIC Stamp controller (center) with Tekin speed controllers and several motors included in the kit [https://www.frcarchive.com/index.php?q=post/view/44338] File:45583 - 1998 control system.jpg|The 1998 transmit board [https://www.frcarchive.com/index.php?q=post/view/45583] </gallery> The 1998 control system consisted of a Transmitter and Receiver pair. The transmit side of the control system was similar to the 1997 and previous control systems and had ports for PC joysticks and custom button controllers with DIP switches inside to change which controls were routed to with outputs. The Receiver box included a BASIC Stamp II and could be programmed using PBASIC. Any sensors used had to be connected back to the Receiver. Available motors include drill motors, van door motors, car seat motors, and the "tape drive" motors used to drive car windows up and down. Drill and van door motors must be connected to the Tekin speed controllers. Instead of drill batteries, 12 volt gel-cell batteries were first used this year. Like many other years before and after, [[RNet]] radios were used to establish wireless communication between the robot and driver stations. Teams were supplied RNets in the kit but had to surrender them before competitions and use a tether cable to control their robots instead, with RNets being supplied to teams before upcoming matches to use for that match.
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