PyroTech

Welcome to the PyroTech team page.

About our Team

Hey PyroTech - this page is not restricted to the team. Anyone anywhere in the world can see it. Please keep that in mind. It is for linking to publicly available resources, or for factual descriptions of how to do things. That being said - If you are a member of Team PyroTech, you can create an account and edit this page if you find valuable resources or want to create a sub-page that explains something in clearer language for a reference later.

2025 Fall Training

2026 PC Software Upgrades

Building an FRC Robot

Resources not aimed directly at building a robot

• FRC Subreddit FRC Forum on Reddit
• Chief Delphi FIRST Forum
• Blue Alliance Information about teams, matches, competitions, etc.
• FRC Locks Rankings based on District Points of all teams in NC

Getting Started

• Zero to Robot is a tutorial designed to go from zero to a working robot.
• The FRC Robot Wiring page includes a great diagram that shows all of the components of an FRC Robot and the how they are wired together.

Software

CAD and Design

• Learning guide for FRC design using Onshape
• Onshape4FRC
  • Collection of calculators for determining gear ratios, gear centers, belt centers, chain lengths, and more.

WPILib

The Pyro Tech team currently uses Java as the programming language for FRC competitions. Installing WPILib provides an official FRC development environment. This environment includes WPILib tools, Visual Studio Code, and all dependencies needed to develop and deploy code to the roboRIO.

• WPILib Installation Guide
• What is WPILib?
• WPILib Java API docs
• WPILib releases
• WPILib GitHub project

Programming

• FRC programming basics
• Command based programming

Git Repos

• Ring of Fire (Pyro Tech) GitHub repositories

Hardware

• FRC Robot Wiring Diagram
• 2022 FRC Robot Wiring Diagram with roboRIO v1 and Power Distribution Panel (PDP)

Troubleshooting

• FRC electrical board parts - blink codes
• REV Spark MAX status LED patterns

roboRIO

• roboRIO imaging instructions
• roboRIO 1 User Manual
• roboRIO 1 FRC Specifications
• roboRIO 2 User Manual

Radio

• Programming VividHosting VH-109 radio at home.

Chassis Tutorials

• AndyMark 6 Wheel Drop Center Robot Drive Base is a robot chassis used for prototyping.
• Assembly video on how to build a 6 wheel drop center robot.

Tools

• FRC Game Tools
  • FRC Game Tools is a software bundle that includes the FRC Driver Station and FRC Utilities.
  • These components are required for FRC teams to configure and control robots and communicate with the field.

• REV Hardware Client
  • Used for controlling REV Spark MAX devices.