Thread: First Official 2012 Game Hint
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Unread 02-12-2011, 13:31
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Re: First Official 2012 Game Hint
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Originally Posted by eagle33199 View Post
My impression is that this is the total list of parts that Rockwell is donating to FIRST this year. It includes KoP items, as others have pointed out. It includes game-specific field elements, like the sensors others have discussed. And it includes items for the new fields FIRST is building (per Bill's Blog, there are two new fields this year, bringing the total to 19) - those new fields will require all new electronics, like the DC power supplies and Ethernet Blocks you've pointed out.
After seeing the KOP stuff, I think your right. I'm guessing that there will not be scoring IOs. (6 ethernet blocks, 1 per SCC, 3 SCCs per field (1 blue, 1 red, 1 spare), 2 fields). All that really amounts two is there are not two scoring elements to be triggered per alliance.

Oliver
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