Forum: General Forum
07-01-2016, 08:01 PM
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Replies: 73
Views: 6,300
Re: Future FRC Technologies?
Advanced vision systems
A while back, I saw a team who was using a KickStarted LIDAR camera to do their vision. While I think there are some very powerful things you can do with just a camera,...
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Forum: Java
07-01-2016, 03:51 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 333
Re: Where to initialize Talon SRX
It will probably be in robotinit, which I believe is in the main robot class. If not, search is your friend. Just try searching for "jaguar", and you'll probably be able to find it.
Also, I would...
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Forum: Televised Robotics
07-01-2016, 02:01 AM
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Replies: 60
Views: 5,623
Re: BattleBots Season 2
Now that the qualifiers are over, shall we have a little competition? Who has the best bracket on Chief Delphi. Brackets are here...
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Forum: Programming
06-30-2016, 12:48 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 601
Re: RoboRealm not connecting to the RoboRio
Yes, the FMS will only allow you to use certain ports. These are in the manual, rule R60:
Make sure the port you are using that is set up on both sides is one of these ports. I believe the home...
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Forum: Java
06-30-2016, 11:52 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 384
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Forum: Extra Discussion
06-30-2016, 01:21 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 748
Re: pic: 1296 Mittens Electrical system
That's an interesting attachment on your MXP port. Looks like something with a Teensy plugged into it. Mind sharing what it is?
Also, I love your robot. So tiny!
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Forum: Programming
06-27-2016, 10:16 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 733
Re: GitHub organization for FRC Projects/Utilities
I feel that FIRSTwiki (https://firstwiki.github.io) is an excellent resource, but I'm not sure it fits into the scope of this list. If you have created a utility for a FIRST resource, please add it...
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Forum: Kit & Additional Hardware
06-27-2016, 10:12 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 2,062
Re: Recent Kit Base Performance
Many of our very successful robots have been built on a stock drive chassis. It seems as our team gets older, the students and mentors who both have the desire and capabilities to create a custom...
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Forum: Java
06-16-2016, 05:27 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 406
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Forum: General Forum
06-15-2016, 02:11 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 800
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Forum: General Forum
06-13-2016, 10:06 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 654
Re: ScoutNet: HIVE Beta Phase
Seems like you've created something explicitly tailored to your team, which is exactly what you should do when doing something like this. I'd like to hear what advantages your scouting system had...
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Forum: General Forum
06-13-2016, 03:43 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 654
Re: ScoutNet: HIVE Beta Phase
This seems like an interesting idea. With the deep field that is currently the scouting application field, I'd love to see your elevator talk on what makes your scouting system better than any...
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Forum: General Forum
06-13-2016, 12:31 AM
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Replies: 27
Views: 2,297
Re: Lets do it again...
In another note, here's a part full regret, part funny story. In 2009, you'll se that we were ranked #2 at the GKC regional. We were (I'm told, I wasn't even in FLL at the time) ranked #1...
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Forum: General Forum
06-12-2016, 04:36 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 2,297
Re: Lets do it again...
I wish I could do 2015 and 2016. These were the only two years since our initial rookie year that we haven't made it past qualification rounds. Both of these years we made some very idiotic choices...
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Forum: Games/Trivia
06-10-2016, 12:04 AM
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Replies: 1,810
Views: 123,103
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Forum: Electrical
06-09-2016, 07:47 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 2,789
Re: Best Battery Chargers 2016
Wow! That's a really great price. I've also been looking at new battery chargers for our shop. I know they say they are rated for 6 amps, but I'm skeptical due to the low price. How long have they...
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Forum: Technical Discussion
06-08-2016, 07:35 PM
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Replies: 33
Views: 2,557
Re: Corded vs Cordless Power Tools
We use corded simply because that's what we have. We are still using drills original to the the team. We would love to go cordless to make many things easier, and if were able to find cheap cordless...
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Forum: General Forum
06-08-2016, 01:12 AM
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Replies: 53
Views: 4,413
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Forum: General Forum
06-08-2016, 01:06 AM
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Replies: 53
Views: 4,413
Re: Advice for Rookie You?
6237 team numbers, 3134 actual teams...
Sorry to be nitpicky, but I figured I don't want the rookie collective us to be misinformed.
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Forum: Programming
06-07-2016, 11:25 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 607
Re: Ti MSP problems
Error 5000 is usually a timeout error of some kind. It might not be in this context, but it's likely. It means it just couldn't connect to the board. A few quick troubleshooting steps:
Does the...
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Forum: General Forum
06-07-2016, 07:34 PM
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Replies: 53
Views: 4,413
Re: Advice for Rookie You?
Get as active as possible, as soon as possible. One of my biggest regrets (only my second year of FRC) is me NOT going to champs last year. One of the other teams in my school district (1777) went to...
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Forum: General Forum
06-07-2016, 05:30 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 772
Re: FIRST Pen Pals!
I'm certainly interested. This is partially the idea I joined F4 (Shamless promotion), and I would love to do a bigger scale of an international relationship. If you don't have plans already, I would...
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Forum: General Forum
06-03-2016, 05:38 PM
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Replies: 75
Views: 8,932
Re: [FRC Blog] Radio Silence
Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't the competition image use different firmware than the home use version? In that case, why don't you include the web UI on the home versions, but not a competition...
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Forum: Televised Robotics
06-03-2016, 12:30 AM
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Replies: 60
Views: 5,623
Re: BattleBots Season 2
If you'd like to watch the full 40 minute season trailer, you can watch it here (http://abc.go.com/shows/battlebots/episode-guide/season-02/1-the-gears-awaken), ad supported, on ABC's watch Go...
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Forum: FIRSTwiki
06-02-2016, 12:57 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,441
Re: [wiki]: Bringing FIRSTwiki back
While I think that I could take on the responsibility of maintaining it, I probably can't, but if a group of people were responsible rather than one person, it would probably solve that problem....
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BTW don't trust game hint threads started by Greg Needel. - rtfgnow [more] 
