Resources
Introduction to PID Controllers
PID Controllers are used throughout industry to accurately control robotic movements. This guide is targeted at high-school students to explain the fundamentals in an understandable manner, and show how they can implement them into their programming.
I first wrote this guide at the age of 15. It has since been downloaded thousands of times by students participating in the VEX Robotics Competition.
V5 Controller Paddles (Scuff)
During the V5 Beta programme back in 2018 I had the privilege of being assigned a set of V5 electronics. While I was no longer competing, I remembered what I valued as a driver when it came to being on the controls – good access to the surrounding buttons while not taking your thumbs off the joysticks.
I created in Autodesk Inventor a unit which clips into the underside of the V5 controller, with four levers that can be controlled using middle/ring fingers below the controller, triggering the B/Y/R/D buttons on the face. The system is 3D printed, using 2 No. 8-32×1.00″ standard VEX screws with steel washers to act as the joints on each side. This is now extensively used by teams across New Zealand as well as others across the globe – including remixes by others.