Resources

=Columbus FIRST Robotics Alliance, FRC Team 4188 Resource Page=

Places to get FIRST related stuff

 * __FIRST Choice__ (FREE order with our entry fee)**
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 * __One Stop Shops__**


 * **McMaster-Carr** – Offer a collection of mechanical, electrical, and utility hardware not usually located from a single source and specialize in next day delivery
 * **Motion Industries** – Distributor of industrial MRO parts
 * **MSC Industrial Supply** – One of the largest industrial equipment distributors in the world
 * **Harbor Freight** – Low cost tools and equipment


 * __Power Transmission__**
 * **AndyMark Inc.** – An official supplier to the //FIRST// Kit of Parts
 * **SDP-SI** - SDP-SI provides quality gears, bearings, pulleys, and other mechanical parts
 * **WM Berg** – Precision gears, sprockets, pulleys, gearboxes, and bearings
 * **Small Parts** – Provide gears, pulleys, and various other items
 * **BaneBots** – A competition robotics parts supplier that provides several FRC Kit parts
 * **Colson Caster** – Colson makes caster wheels that are excellent high-performance robot wheels
 * **Team 221** – Performance robotics drive systems
 * **Robot MarketPlace** – A competition robotics parts supplier
 * **Browning Gears** – Gear supplier
 * **Martin Sprocket & Gears** – Power transmission supplier
 * **Boston Gear** – Precision gear manufacturer
 * **Gates** – Belts and pulleys
 * Innovationfirst - IFI Robotics - www.ifirobotics.com (wheels, sprockets, speed controllers)
 * Team 221 - www.team221.com (drive systems, chassis systems)
 * @http://www.usabearingsandbelts.com/ Place for cheap bearings


 * __Raw Materials__**
 * **McMaster-Carr** – Offer a collection of mechanical, electrical, and utility hardware not usually located from a single source and specialize in next day delivery
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 * __Hardware__**
 * **Fastenal** – Sell screws, threaded rods, nuts, and various other fasteners and hardware
 * __Electronics/Sensors__**
 * **Mouser Electronics** – Mouser is an electronic component wholesaler.
 * **Digi-Key** – Digi-Key is an electronic component wholesaler
 * **Innovation //FIRST//** – The old official supplier of the //FIRST// Robot Controller, Operator Interface, Victor Speed Controller, Spike Relay, and other FRC Kit parts. Currently still provide the best speed controllers and sell wheels as well
 * **eStop Robotics** – Provider of various small electronics components
 * **Anderson Power**- Quick connect electronics terminals
 * US Digital (phone call them and order) http://www.usdigital.com/products/en...emental/rotary
 * Hansen Hobbies for custom PWM connectors.@http://www.hansenhobbies.com/products/connectors/
 * __Pneumatics__**
 * **Bimba** – Pneumatics tanks and actuators
 * **Clippard** – Pneumatics supplies, tanks and actuators
 * **Festo** – Pneumatic tanks, actuators, valves, solenoids
 * **SMC Corp.**- Pneumatics manufacturer
 * **Pneuaire** – Plastic pneumatics tanks
 * Automation Direct - www.automationdirect.com (pneumatics)

Information Links:
The official first website. Go here to complete your online permission forms for you and your parents. [] Good team resource page: @http://team358.org/files/ Bill's Blog @http://frcdirector.blogspot.com/

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Video Links:
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 * Here is a video describing the future of game controls || [] ||
 * Could this be our miniBot this year? || [] ||
 * Living with Robots (by Honda) || [|http://www.youtube.com/user/Honda?feature=pyv&ad=9004256484&kw=robots#p/u/0/AF0WsvfG_nI] ||