Non-Functional Pressure gauge

[Cam]

I have seen many teams add a pressure gauge to the top of their robot to tell how much pressure they have since pneumatics is actually viable. I was wondering if a device like this Amazon.com Would work ? This would then be wired to a 3 wire port on the v5 brain and display the pressure. I feel like this wouldn’t be game-breaking just a convenience. And is a nonelectronic pressure legal in itself?
I found this Answered: Non-functional Arduino but does it still apply?

[jpearman]

Teams have been asking about “non functional” pressure gauges for as long as I can remember, usually they have been ruled illegal. Time to ask the GDC again I guess, post in the official Q&A on robotevents.com

Air pressure gauge for pneumatics

Somthing where you can put it into a tube or into the air tank, and measures in 5 or 10 psi intervals with little tick marks for every 1 or 2 psi. this is just a rough idea, any coments, questions, worries, fears would be welcomed by me. (Sorry if a thread like this has already been posted)

Answered: Pressure Gauge as Non-functional Decoration

As brought up in this recent thread Link Text (as well as many other threads in the past), pressure gauges being included in the pneumatics system would be extremely helpful for obvious reasons. When JPearman in that thread posted a link to this pressure gauge , I began questioning whether or not it would actually qualify as a non-functional decoration. For convention’s sake, I will quote the actual rule from the manual: I, personally, do not see any way that the gauge would affect robot …

[Xenon27]

it would be very nice to be able to tell how much pressure is remaining in a pneumatic system.

and wouldn’t it be super cool if we had a sensor that could tell the brain what the current pressure is, that could be useful for limiting the actuations of a non-essential mechanism in order to save air for an essential one if air starts to run low. And probably many other applications as well.

[kmmohn]

@Xenon27

it would be very nice to be able to tell how much pressure is remaining in a pneumatic system.

Not only that, but good for the referees at the start of the match.

I am hoping since Vex needs to re-source the miniature regulator that has been discontinued by the manufacturer, they will consider adding a pressure gauge to the kit, too

[PeterB]

Hi,

the regulator is still available, it just needs to be bought as separate parts:

Regulator: ARJ1020F-M5-04
Elbow: SMC M-5L
fitting: KQ2S04-M5

Hope this helps,

Pete