Chief Delphi http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums This is a discussion forum used to discuss the FIRST Robotics Competition. en Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:49:01 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/images/misc/rss.jpg Chief Delphi http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums Team 854-The Ironbears new website http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=79037&goto=newpost Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:03:38 GMT Team 854 after many years competing in the FR Competitions, now has a brand new website. This website is student programmed, and new content is in the works. Team 854 after many years competing in the FR Competitions, now has a brand new website. This website is student programmed, and new content is in the works. ]]> General Forum ironbears http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=79037 How do you run the pneumatics through the CRio w/o using the Jaguars and the Spikes http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=79036&goto=newpost Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:23:07 GMT question in title. question in title. ]]> Pneumatics brreadd http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=79036 Atlanta Westin gets new windows http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=79035&goto=newpost Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:21:00 GMT Saw this video on CNN. http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/...n.windows.wgcl

They won't finish for 15 months... ]]> Chit-Chat Joe Ross http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=79035 pic: Ramp Riot 10th Anniversary Ceremony http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=79033&goto=newpost Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:04:48 GMT 34367 ]]> Extra Discussion OZ_341 http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=79033 2010 NASA team grants announced http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=79032&goto=newpost Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:02:45 GMT
Quote:
The NASA Robotics Alliance Project is pleased to announce the FIRST Robotics Competition participation grants for 2010. Listed below are the "Regional Challenge Grant", "Program Growth Grant" and "Sustaining Grants" applications that have been selected for award. Receipt of a NASA Robotics Alliance Project grant award is contingent upon a team being registered with FIRST and confirmed at the specific event for which the sponsorship applies. Regional Challenge Grants are NOT transferable to other teams or other events. Program Growth Grants may be used for any regional competition event, but they are not transferable to other teams. As indicated in the grant application, awarded funds will not be sent directly from NASA to the winning teams. The awarded funds will be transferred to FIRST on behalf of the awarded team, and used to fund the registration fees for the associated regional competition event.
The announcement of the 2010 NASA team grants has been released. You can see the list of grant awards here.

Congratulations to all the teams that were selected for a grant award. NASA received a significant increase in the number of grant applications this year, and the selection process was particularly difficult. Unfortunately, we were limited in the number of grants that we could support by available funds, and could not award a grant to every team that applied. Believe me - if we were able, we would have gladly supported many, many more of the outstanding applications. For those that do receive a grant award, we trust that you will enjoy and get the most out of your FRC experience this upcoming year.

-dave




.- ]]> General Forum dlavery http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=79032 pic: Phanatic Protection Squad at Ramp Riot http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=79031&goto=newpost Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:51:56 GMT 34365 ]]> Extra Discussion OZ_341 http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=79031 <![CDATA[[FTC]: A useful VI I created]]> http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=79029&goto=newpost Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:56:47 GMT Here is a subVI I created that i thought would help out anyone using labVIEW

I created it to be used to take the 12 boolean wires outputted from "FTC Read Controller.vi" and convert them from 12 true/false variables, to a binary number, to a base 10 number that you can connect to a case statement to do things such as stop when no buttons are being pressed or do an action when a certain combination of buttons is pressed. It comes with a small guide to help you understand how it is getting its output number and ultimately avoid a lot of unnecessary programming.

Button Config Outputs:

Controller Button - Binary Output - Base 10 Output

1 - 000000000001 - 1
2 - 000000000010 - 2
3 - 000000000100 - 4
4 - 000000001000 - 8
5 - 000000010000 - 16
6 - 000000100000 - 32
7 - 000001000000 - 64
8 - 000010000000 - 128
9 - 000100000000 - 256
10 - 001000000000 - 512
11 - 010000000000 - 1024
12 - 100000000000 - 2048

Add the Base 10 Outputs together to make a specific combination of buttons to be pressed for your case structure

Lets say you want an action to run when you press the buttons 5, 7, 11 and 12, you would add the base 10 values from each button (16+64+1024+2048) together to make the value: 3152

Please leave any questions or comments on this
Attached Files
File Type: zip BoolToNumber.zip (21.1 KB)
]]> FIRST Tech Challenge MattSr http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=79029 FIRST School Locator http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=79028&goto=newpost Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:20:04 GMT Just thought I'd point out something new on the FIRST website.

What's going on in my area? has added what's billed as a school locator and through a map of the US (not other countries) allows us to get a listing of all the schools or youth organization, etc. within a state and the FRC/FTC teams associated with each of them.

There are still a few self evident bugs in their system, but I wonder what new homework assignment this foreshadows.
Perhaps the goal is now at least one of these two programs in every school? ]]> General Forum Mark McLeod http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=79028 FIRST on Wealth TV http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=79027&goto=newpost Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:33:26 GMT Another great piece on FIRST in the media: FIRST on Wealth TV: Giving Back (http://wealthtv.com/) The trailer is among the best on FIRST, and I suspect the rest of the show is at the same high quality. Another great piece on FIRST in the media: FIRST on Wealth TV: Giving Back

The trailer is among the best on FIRST, and I suspect the rest of the show is at the same high quality. ]]> FIRST In the News... Vince http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=79027 Lost CD http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=79025&goto=newpost Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:07:04 GMT The team has lost the Labview CD, and needs to reinstall it. Where would we be able to get this, or would anyone be able to post this. If this is not possible would anyone be able to email/mail a copy of the CD to us? Thank you, Team 560 The team has lost the Labview CD, and needs to reinstall it. Where would we be able to get this, or would anyone be able to post this. If this is not possible would anyone be able to email/mail a copy of the CD to us?

Thank you,
Team 560 ]]> NI LabVIEW TEACH http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=79025 Community Shop for the Machining Enthusiast (CSME) http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=79024&goto=newpost Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:42:27 GMT Hello all, I am working on a business plan for a Community Shop for the Machining Enthusiast (CSME). This machine shop would be open to the community and anyone would be able to work on the machines simply by taking a safety course and getting checked out on the machines. It would be open to ALL... Hello all, I am working on a business plan for a Community Shop for the Machining Enthusiast (CSME). This machine shop would be open to the community and anyone would be able to work on the machines simply by taking a safety course and getting checked out on the machines. It would be open to ALL FIRST robotics teams during the build season to come and work. Please take the flowing survey to help us in the creation of our business plan.

I am focusing on the San Fransisco Area, so I would like to ask out of state teams to refrain from taking the survey so we can get an accurate measurement.

Survey:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?s...kmV4eRFA_3d_3d



Thank you!

Ryan Epperson
Patrick Kyu
Khoi Nguyen ]]> General Forum Ryan_Epperson http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=79024 Driving a car with an iphone http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=79023&goto=newpost Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:00:26 GMT Oh the things engineers do with their spare time (notice anything familiar?) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_x5IziyOcAg Oh the things engineers do with their spare time (notice anything familiar?)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_x5IziyOcAg ]]> Chit-Chat crake http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=79023 <![CDATA[[FTC]: Field Control System]]> http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=79022&goto=newpost Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:54:29 GMT We're starting to work more with the Field Control System, and our programmers have been wondering where we are supposed to upload our autonomous code. There's a spot where it says to upload the teleop code, but we can't find a section to upload the autonomous code. Does anyone no what we're doing wrong?

We are using FTC - Field Control System (v. 1.0.0.2). ]]> FIRST Tech Challenge jamie_1930 http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=79022 <![CDATA[pic: Team 228's Stack 'O Macs]]> http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=79021&goto=newpost Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:24:41 GMT 34360 ]]> Extra Discussion skimoose http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=79021 Ramp Riot 2009 scouting data http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=79020&goto=newpost Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:06:17 GMT I wanted to start by saying that 2791 had a great time at this years Ramp Riot. Congrats to all of the teams who were there. We were using the competition to train our new scouting team. Is there anybody who was there with an excel scouting database that is willing to share data so we could... I wanted to start by saying that 2791 had a great time at this years Ramp Riot. Congrats to all of the teams who were there.

We were using the competition to train our new scouting team. Is there anybody who was there with an excel scouting database that is willing to share data so we could compare your data to ours? The more the merrier. Thanks in advance. ]]> Off-Season Events yodameister http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=79020