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Re: RobotOpen - beginner friendly?

RobotOpen is intended to be extremely user friendly....the Arduino IDE has thousands of examples. The RobotOpen Sasquatch Board is an Arduino Mega in a custom format...the RobotOpen shields run on top of an Arduino....all code is executed inside the Arduino.

The RobotOpen Library we provide handles all the Ethernet communication and gives you specific commands for controlling PWM outputs, sensor inputs and all joystick/gamepad operations.

Our Driver Station App is getting better everyday. It handles all functions related to the USB gamepad as well as "enable/disable" functions.

We'd love to have your business. And we're always keen to help.

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The HTML5 chrome driver station was easy to install and use. It is also Open Source and uses the Arduino environment which allows for easy programming and modification using a very well documented programming language. I wish there was a little more documentation on setting it up (the video on the website was outdated) but I would bet that 221 systems would be happy to help if you run into issues.
We're in the process of updating and improving as we speak. In the meantime to hesitate to reach out with questions.
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