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Re: [FRC Blog] 2015 Control System and Kit of Parts Survey

I guess I'm not wild about the fact that what we used to be able to accomplish in three modules (cRIO, PDB, Digital Sidecar) now takes four (roboRio, PDP, PCM and VRM). I get that it's less expensive overall and that each of the components is physically smaller, but it's not a slam-dunk improvement in terms of the architecture. I guess CAN (and all of the benefits and drawbacks thereof) is now mandatory if a team wants to use pneumatics.

I'm also a bit surprised that the Bridge/Access Point is USB-based. When I saw the pre-Alpha unit at NI Week last year it wasn't obvious that this was the route they would go.

I guess it is what it is...
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