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Re: How have you used an iPad for FRC/other STM reasons
I personally use it for taking pictures of teams and jotting down notes on them.
I used Notability to store pictures and team numbers of all the teams I was judging for FLL this year. (in between teams coming in)
As for what needs would be better met with it than a standard laptop on a typical FRC team? Outside of scouting I can't think of one. I bought mine because I tend to travel a lot and don't want to lug around a pair of laptops (work and personal) so I take my work machine and my iPad. (Gotta keep work and personal separated) I am going to see how well it works for hooking into diagnostic data from the robot though. Unfortunately it won't be much use in the pits due to the restrictions on wireless but it could be handy in our shop and at demos.
You want my recommendation? Spend the $600 on a pair of super shifters or something COTS you can use to a competitive advantage.
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