Thread: Legality On Expansion Boards for the RoboRIO
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Question Legality On Expansion Boards for the RoboRIO
Hey guys,

I have read the rules about this a few times, but they never seem to stick in my head. The new RoboRIO control system is coming out for the 2015 season, and with it, support for a new feature called expansion boards.

http://sine.ni.com/nips/cds/view/p/lang/en/nid/211702

Expansion boards are protoboards that plug into a port on the RoboRIO. My question is:

Can I buy these boards and build custom circuits on them before season?
When I build these circuits, is it legal to use them on the robot even though they were constructed before season?
Can I use programming created before kickoff to use the expansion boards?

Thanks for the help CD!