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Re: Use of Arduino to control a Spike Relay
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Thanks again for your post!!! If you need a letter docummenting your cooperativity for next season, let me know.
I cannot take no credit for the work. Eric, the main guy from the video is a former student of Team RUSH.....it's all his stuff.

I have been fortunate to leverage his extensive skill to build some really cool robots and control systems.

As for your question regarding the control system....this system is wifi based so it can be modified to run on a laptop, another Arduino or a droid phone like the video shows. The FRC driver station is just a laptop...so yes, it could be used to send commands. It would not interface in the same fashion as a cRIO, but it would be similar.

The main advantage to a system like this is cost. In the past we have built full control systems for less than $200.
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