[RyanN]

Originally Posted by DominickC

Hmm, alright. We're going to need a higher level of control over PWM output to our motors than a simple character. I was hoping to be able to hook up a joystick and read values off of it. This is pretty much a requirement for the project, we're going to need joysticks.

In the event of communication/power loss, we've designed the blimp to be able to coast downward at a safe speed so as to not hurt anyone or damage the airship too much. So I'd have all motor outputs be 0.

I don't have any experience with C, but I've looked at a bit of it and feel like I'd be able to pick it up. I can also learn the Arduino language. I don't know if there are any libraries for my project, but hopefully I'll be able to learn enough to do what I want to do.

Of course, I might as well try to use something off of the WPI library before I discredit it all together. It might work, but I'm certainly not reliant on it or LabView.

EDIT: If I were to use C, would I be able to use the WPI C++ Robotics library?

You can only use the WPI Library for the CompactRIO basically. It like "trying to install MS Word on Linux. It just won't work."