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Originally Posted by Roger
We've done it, not on a classmate, but with a laptop and additional screen. Like I said, not the best of arrangements, but sometimes that's the only way.
The point being, of course, that if it can be done, someone will do it. Look at all the different robot designs every year, the "lawyering", and rule changes.
The decision to use the space key as an e-stop was made because the classmate was pre-decided to be a driver station only, and never thought of as a programming computer. "We didn't design it for that." "We never thought of that." But notice over the years how many people program with it? See also unintended consequences. |
From whom did you receive your information regarding FIRST's/NI's intentions about the usage of the driver station as a programming laptop? We have discussed this exact issue on the beta test forums, and the NI reps fully understand that teams use the classmate for programming.
Our team asked if the e-stop could be moved to a different key because we also dislike occasionally hitting it by accident. They used the biggest key on the keyboard for a reason. They also made it a part of the driverstation (non-changeable) for a reason. We can argue their reasons (because that's what engineers do), but I completely disagree that they somehow didn't understand how the computers are used.