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Originally Posted by daniel_dsouza
I would be sold on using an on-board computer, if someone could solve the problem of turning off the robot.
This is the scenario. After the match ends, volunteers urge you to hurry off the field, and you push the main breaker, killing the power to the your Windows 7 PC.
I've always been told to not unplug a computer unless all else has failed. I've also seen devices (robot controllers, phones, tablets, computers) corrupt themselves when there was a loss of power. Would there be any damage to the computer (hardware failure, software corruption)? More importantly, is there anyway to safely shut the computer down before cutting the power?
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We used a netbook on the robot this year. The easy way to fix the shutdown problem is not to have to shut it down at all. You are allowed to use the netbook with it's normal battery. Just make sure the software in the netbook and cRIO is smart enough to realize that one or the other might be off. As the netbook (with SSD) was mounted to withstand being smashed over the 6" bump in the field moving it off the field shouldn't create more shock unless you drop it.