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Originally Posted by StAxis
I certainly hope that the red cypress board being in the picture means that the driver station software will be readily compatible with it next year.
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You might have missed it since it sold out so quick, but there was a board called the TI Stellaris Launchpad available in FIRST Choice for teams. We offered this board as a replacement for some of the more complex game pad emulation systems that teams typically use and have problems with. All you have to do is wire in buttons, flash the firmware to the board, and plug it into your driver's station. The whole systems enumerates as two USB game pads making it super easy to use in LabView, or whatever language you prefer.
David Yanoshak (dyanoshak around here) wrote up a post late last year with a lot more details:
What is the TI Stellaris LaunchPad in FIRST Choice?
David also links to where you can get the board via DigiKey or the TI e-store if you missed out on FIRST Choice.
TI is working on building a lot more Launchpad based examples and applications that FRC teams will be able to utilize in the future as well. If you want though, you can check it out the ecosystem on your own:
ti.com/launchpad
We'll keep you guys posted when we have more available, and please let me know if there is any kind of custom circuit or embedded application that we can help you build.