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Unread 05-01-2012, 19:34
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Re: Running the Kinect on the Robot.

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Originally Posted by apalrd View Post
-I would go with a single-board computer running Linux, and send the data to the cRio via IP. You could send debug data to the driver station while you're at it, if you wanted to. I would probably get all of the useful information out of the image on the co-processor, and feed coordinates or other numerical data back to the robot at the highest rate possible.
I was thinking about this as an option. We have some sponsors that we could probably get some custom devices to do this for if we intend to run linux. I was just suggesting the Laptop because of the simplicity to setup. Though I agree the GUI and Windows in general are memory and CPU hogs. Linux would be best, but could prove to have issue since we are using a non-official SDK.

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-As to power a laptop or other machine, I would probably get an automotive power supply and feed it off of a 12v regulator, since the robot batteries can go down fairly low. Laptop chargers usually run above 12v anyway (the one in front of me is 18.5), so you need a boost converter anyway.
Does anybody know what the classmate power supply is? (Even running ubuntu on it would be an improvement)