[FRC Blog] You Asked 6-20-2013

[Jon Stratis]

In the comments section of yesterday's blog post regarding the new controller for 2015, someone asked to see the reverse of the PCB. Here you go…

http://www.usfirst.org/sites/default/files/uploadedImages/Robotics_Programs/FRC/FRC_Communications_Resource_Center/NI_PCB_Reverse_June2013.jpg


Also, just a heads up, we’re not planning to do a Frank Answers Friday this week. We’ll try to pick it up again next week.

Frank


Oh Frank, you're such a tease!

[jwallace15]

I'm noticing the groupings of 3 holes around the perimeter... Could the PWM outputs and the analog inputs be included with the main processor on one device (instead of the cRIO and the Sidecar)?

Too bad that it will go into effect the year after I graduate... :(

I also see on the bottom the reverse writing of a "5V" and a "3.3V".. My Arduino Uno R3 has 5 and 3.3 volt pins...

My gears are turning!

[DonRotolo]

My gears are turning!Um, it is the exact same image, of the same side of the board, just 'reversed'. :p

[Bob Steele]

That's exactly what he said it was.

This must be the reverse side. The other side would be the obverse.
this is coin terminology though... not sure if it pertains to a PCB.

[jwallace15]

Um, it is the exact same image, of the same side of the board, just 'reversed'. :p

That's exactly what he said it was.

This must be the reverse side. The other side would be the obverse.

Yeah. I know. My gears are turning thinking about what the new controller will look like. What features it will have.