Re: Uses of Raspberry Pi
 

I'm just wondering, but does this mean that NI has finally learned about Linux and that they may choose to release the Driver station on Linux? That would be the best day of mine in FRC!

Also, Pi's everywhere! They are useful. Put a touchscreen and a Pi behind a mascot's back to make them into an e-mascot, showing stats, images, etc. Have some at the tables, maybe do split-screen! Maybe have a small LCD display (not graphic) displaying stats!

Otherwise, a Pi Telemetry system to debug faults in the robot, like severe voltage spikes and high current consumption!

Re: Uses of Raspberry Pi
 

National Instruments has supported Unix/Linux for longer then you've been alive.

The following post lists various things the DS does/supports that are OS dependent. http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...1&postcount=10 These items would have to be completely rewritten to support alternate OSes, and would cause a support nightmare.

Re: Uses of Raspberry Pi
 

Yep.

Thanks for the clarification. They mentioned the PREEMPT_RT patch as well. My BBB comes in a week so I'll be able to poke around with it more then.

Re: Uses of Raspberry Pi
 

I agree that it would be some work for NI, but it would be useful. Every team has access to Linux. Not every team has access to Window. For example, we use Macs. We only had one Windows computer until many were donated to us! This is one of the reasons why Microsoft Windows is still alive. You can't avoid it because there is so much software available!