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I have to say, I like that at least one of the members of the 2015 FRC control system proposal have put together a kickstarter and published what their control system does. I think this has multiple positives, such as it allows the community to give a response as to what it thinks of the design; and it also allows the platform to become a viable hobbyist tool if it doesn't become the next FRC control system.

I had a few questions of my own with this, firstly that it (meaning arduino) seems quite underpowered to handle any video streams/processing. I know that the current cRio, while also underpowered, still can handle more, and teams have attached other boards to process video (such as beagleboard, pandaboard, etc). My question is would it be possible to do something like 341 did this year where the video was streamed to the driver station, processed there, and then the commands given; or is it not possible?

Also, I was thinking about the number of input/output connectors on the controller, is there a way to expand them if you run out of connections? Personally, I've never filled a sidecar, but I have come close. I can imagine filling them, and the cRio has a way around that (second module, second sidecar). Is there any option in case you run out of ports?