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Originally Posted by Tom Bottiglieri
There is no USB port on the current version of the cRIO, and based on the pictures I have seen of the new smaller one, none on there either.
Unless an NI person chirps in with something I don't know, I see only one feasible way to get the data from your PrimeSense unit (Kinect/PSDK5.0/asus xtion) to the cRIO.
You can use a seperate computer and pipe the data back over an ip connection. You can either use a cheap, lightweight system (ARM/NAND based, like the Pandboard or Beagleboard) and pump back the raw data for processing on the cRio, or you can use a heavier machine like an x86 netbook, do some of the vision processing on board there, and then pump back higher level data, like object locations and such. Who knows, you may even be able to pull enough power out of the little machine to do some tracking right on there. (Granted, you wouldn't have access to NI's vision libraries)
I really do hope FRC deems these PrimeSense rangers to be legal. Sure, 99% of the teams won't use them but it's not like they raise any kind of safety issues.
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I am thinking the same way. The kinect isn't going to hurt anyone and if it can micorsoft is a monster for selling it to kids.
But with the USB input that is the only way I have found that we could do it. A separate laptop under te price limit may be a little bit of a challenge especially if they concider software part of the price.