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Originally Posted by coalhot
I am somewhat sad that it's NI though. I would have liked to see a control system that is more non-labview friendly
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Why? NI has done a wonderful job taking a product that wasn't FRC-Specific and bringing it into FRC. It was a little clunky but by far the most powerful system FRC has seen yet. What I loved about it - Its not FRC Specific. cRIO and LabVIEW are used in real world environments, its a true hands on experience. I can't wait to see what they come up with for the new system. From what I heard so far its absolutely amazing. My only concern - with it being all CAN based and the pneumatics module being the way it is - its becoming too "plug-and-play" for my taste. Theres no real electrical work.
As for the "non-labview friendly" statement, I don't know why you would want to limit your options. LabVIEW is built by NI and used with NI products, it shouldn't have issues. If there are, you know exactly who to contact.
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Originally Posted by coalhot
I doubt that many (half of the) teams use labview. I don't want to start a fight about that here. My point was that I'd like for labview to be an option (like Java or C++), and not something that is heavily stressed because the control system is NI.
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LabVIEW is no more stressed than any other language. When you set up your control system in week 1, the manual offers setup instructions for each language with no bias.
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And, can't wait to see what this partnership with Cross the Road brings. CAN Talons please? 
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If I remember correctly, CAN talons are coming its just a matter of when.