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Re: Ardruino and cRio

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Originally Posted by 404'd View Post
How are you trying to use your arduino, to control motors and outputs? Because then it wouldn't be practical to use the c-rio in conjunction with an arduino, you can use the arduino directly as a replacement for the c-rio.
In the offseason, yes, that would work.

In the competition season, at least in the past, that has been prohibited. In 2011, the rule was <R57>. In short, signals controlling motors had to come from the Digital Sidecar on the cRIO--no other sources were allowed.
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