Tech Tip 7 - Robust LED Strip Lights

LED strip lights look great on your robot, and can be used to communicate robot state to your drivers, so they never need to look away from the bot. But, the strips are vulnerable to battle damage, and the wire to strip connections are fragile. Our friends at team 1610 introduced us to these LED strip light diffusion channels that make LED strip lights on your robot way more robust. Plus, the strip light units can be made on the bench away from the robot in just minutes. Here is the process for building one of these light strip units, from start to finish.
Here are the channels we used: www.amazon.com...
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Nice! Our season ended today (Awesome job to Wolverines, Robocats, and Aces High from NE District!) but we will definitely use these channels in the future! This was our 14th season but the first time we've ever attempted to use LEDs at all! A learning experience for us but they definitely could use the extra protection. Excellent video, as always!