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Re: CRIO-FRCIII

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Originally Posted by Tom Line View Post
Here is an overview of the new 2015 control system:

http://www.fightingpi.org/Resources/...ha/Alpha.shtml

Arohowk, please don't guess at answers. We are currently not using dLinks. We are using USB radios whose drivers reside on the RoboRIO and who don't require a boot-up like the current radio systems do.

The system will be on display on our 2013 Ultimate Ascent robot this weekend Waterford, and again at the State Championship. In addition, National Instruments reps are planning on coming up to do a LabVIEW seminar and an hour long seminar on the new control system at the State Championships Thursday morning as a part of our '1718 Presents' seminar series. We'll be releasing more info as States get closer.

Once the competition season ends we'll restart our Alpha testing and begin updating the web page with more information.

Please keep in mind the software is still VERY much in the development stage. When we met late last year, some of the languages still weren't completely functional. Take everything with a very large grain of salt: the same folks developing the Alpha hardware are also supporting the current FRC season. Don't expect much progress for a while.
Yeah. I was wondering what happened to those planned ASUS sticks.
So with this new USB stick, how do you get ethernet connections throughout the robot? Before there were 4 ports off the bridge, but now I don't know if there is a single one!
What is the range of the radio? Is it greater or lesser? I am wondering whether the switch to a USB dongle has any big significance other than a smaller footprint.
How robust is the new radio? Most USB sticks aren't very strong against sudden jerks and may end up randomly breaking!