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Re: Running the Kinect on the Robot.
My Two Cents:
The Kinect is not directly USB, it requires a secondary power source.
The cRIO card is only compatible with the USB Mass Storage Protocol, for storing information to flash drives and the like.
My take on how to connect the Kinect to the cRIO:
Using a computer or netbook, take in the information from the kinect, and process the necessary information. (Target x, target y, target depth)
Then, using a USB-Serial adapter, output the processed data directly into the cRIO, and then the cRIO can control the motors.
Sample string: "X:0,Y:0,Z:0"
This way, the massive amount of data being output from the Kinect does not have to be processed by the cRIO.
Under this style, the computer would be considered a Custom Circuit, and thus cannot control any other actuators.
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