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Re: MicroControllers at competitions

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Originally Posted by yash101 View Post
It can be done. Quite easily, actually. However, using an MCU is a cheap and dirty way to get it done quickly. You can code an MCU much faster than you can code the cRIO!
Also, the current pathway isn't being changed. It is just being passively monitored using sigma-delta circuitry!
Dev - there is a substantial hint (by Eric two posts above mine) that there's already a microcontroller-based current monitoring solution widely used by FRC teams.

By all means think through how you would solve the problem yourself - in fact it's encouraged - but also check into existing solutions.
The first step in any research project is to survey the literature, i.e. read around first.