Forum: Technical Discussion
11-29-2016, 08:55 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 815
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Forum: Robotics Education and Curriculum
11-27-2016, 09:29 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,706
Re: VersaRunner
Cool... did not know those were a thing until now. I need to spend more time ogling the VEX EDR parts.
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Forum: Robotics Education and Curriculum
11-27-2016, 09:20 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,706
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Forum: Technical Discussion
11-27-2016, 03:23 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 2,653
Re: LIDAR Lite Alternative
I can tell you that as a team who has looked at using one of these from a Neato robot vacuum we were given very unclear inspector decisions around powering the motor via a PWM port and its legality...
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Forum: Programming
11-27-2016, 10:47 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 522
Re: Installing frc toolchain on NixOS
Hey could someone make a package for Solaris or AIX? Thanks.
Free advice (it's mostly worthless) form a mentor and a cranky old IT dude (though definitely not as cranky as some around these parts)...
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Forum: Technical Discussion
11-26-2016, 01:14 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 2,653
Re: LIDAR Lite Alternative
Beware that is has a "motor" that might or might not be classified as a servo depending on how you power it and if the inspector has had their coffee that morning.
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Forum: General Forum
11-24-2016, 08:22 PM
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Replies: 34
Views: 6,402
Re: VEXpro 2017
Shut yo' mouth!* :D
*There will be those who do not understand this reference to the lyrics from the theme song to a 1970's cult classic. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaft_(1971_film))
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Forum: Robot Showcase
11-24-2016, 10:40 AM
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Replies: 37
Views: 4,604
Re: Strange Swerve 4.0 Triple Strange 1533
I'm not on the team but it's a 1:1 ratio the way they have it setup now. Using the encoder block would result in a ratio that is not 1:1 and would then make for some complex math and silliness to...
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Forum: Robot Showcase
11-24-2016, 09:48 AM
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Replies: 37
Views: 4,604
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Forum: General Forum
11-19-2016, 11:28 AM
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Replies: 22
Views: 3,028
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Forum: General Forum
11-18-2016, 12:37 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 3,028
Re: VEXpro...New for 2017?
You know what's funny about that video are the pool noodles taped the corners of the wall boxes in the background.
We had a student sit under one about a year ago and then stand up into it...
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Forum: General Forum
11-18-2016, 11:46 AM
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Replies: 22
Views: 3,028
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Forum: General Forum
11-17-2016, 09:40 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,006
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Forum: Programming
11-16-2016, 03:08 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,316
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Forum: Programming
11-16-2016, 07:43 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,316
Re: Definitive Guide to Using the Jetson TK1/TX1?
So how were you running GRIP? Was it on the driver station? It's possible to run GRIP on a raspberry pi and then narrow the gap to communicate back to the robot.
The TK1 is what came via FIRST...
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Forum: Programming
11-15-2016, 04:30 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,316
Re: Definitive Guide to Using the Jetson TK1/TX1?
It hasn't been done yet that I know of but I am far from an authoritative on the TX1. That being said, we released some white papers over the summer and at the end of last season discussing how we...
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Forum: Technical Discussion
11-15-2016, 02:04 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 1,998
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Forum: Technical Discussion
11-13-2016, 06:13 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 1,998
Re: ShopBot Desktop router up for the challenge?
Go with the ShopBot. They are local (Literally up the road in Durham), know all about FIRST and FRC, and make great tools. Give them a call, tell them you want to take a bunch of students on a tour...
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Forum: Robot Showcase
11-11-2016, 12:55 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,905
Re: CANLight - A CAN based LED strip controller
As a mentor on a team that has been running CAN for a long time, I'd advise against the star topology for FRC. It might work but why risk it? Why give yourself the headache of dealing with...
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Forum: Programming
11-11-2016, 11:39 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 981
Re: Docker for FRC - Better Environment Setup
Oddly enough we're looking at this for use with our OpenCV vision systems. Kinda neat idea. Definitely think this is the future of software development given how complex setting up build...
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Forum: Extra Discussion
11-11-2016, 09:31 AM
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Replies: 22
Views: 1,879
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Forum: General Forum
11-10-2016, 01:49 PM
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Replies: 79
Views: 8,299
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Forum: General Forum
11-09-2016, 05:25 PM
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Replies: 34
Views: 2,976
Re: Swerve vs. Butterfly Drivetrain
Having watched these guys develop their swerve system as well as borrowed their lessons learned as well as those from Anthony at 221, this is all really good info.
I'm not 100% convinced about...
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Forum: Motors
11-07-2016, 11:39 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 2,446
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Forum: Motors
11-07-2016, 06:04 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 2,446
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