Electronics Inventory

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Quickly organize, sort and filter general robotics items. This document has been specifically designed for FTC & FIRST related teams, but it’s high customizability, and ease of use make it a “go-to” for any other use case.

How-to Guide

1. Naming Scheme

Before you start using this tool is very important to create a consistent, yet effective way of naming each Part. The naming is based on the NATO phonetic alphabet. Each group of parts, preferably from the same batch or with the same characteristics(ex: motor gear ratio), is assigned a letter from the alphabet and an incremental ID. For labeling each part try to use something that can’t be easily removed like a Permanent Marker or a Label Maker.

Example: For 4 Neverest 20 orbitals motors you could pick the letter “S”, that stands for Sierra, and assign the following IDs to the motors: S1, S2, S3, S4.

2. Parts Characteristics

Each part has its attributes and features that differentiate it from other parts alike. This document currently supports DC Motors and Servo Motors along with some other trivial items like Controllers and Phones. General examples include but not limited to: Manufacturer, Product Number, Purchase Date, etc.

Another essential factor when inventorying Parts is keeping track of their issues. The 'Anomalies' column is the perfect place to note down all of the little problems that a Part has.

3. History and Use Cases

The ‘History’ of a Part is a visual roadmap for easily checking all of the robots that the Part has been used on. This column is auto-generated based on the completed ‘Use Case’ cells.

Rules:

  • The ‘Use Case’ cell has the following format: “[Robot Name] - [Subsystem Name]”
  • [Robot Names] are restricted to only one word.
  • The ‘-‘ must be between the 2 words for the ‘History’ to auto-generate correctly.
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Updated February 13, 2020 at 10:23 AM
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Alexandru Turcanu

Just a random guy in his senior year of high-school that likes to play around with emerging tech and software.
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