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Originally Posted by Kevin Sheridan
Cheesy Arena handles most of this stuff and was designed around using readily available hardware to display things such as team numbers. It even improves upon the game specific elements like the hot goal lights, which were actually timed correctly in Cheesy Arena.
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Yes, it does provide most of things in forms other than what we are used to at FIRST competitions.
However, FIRST is unlikely to completely replace the existing hardware in the very near future. Additionally, while Cheesy Arena is an excellent substitute for the FMS for offseason events and the cost of the overall system is lower, FIRST has a different set of requirements for the official field.
For example, the GitHub page for Cheesy Arena explains that Chezy Champs used cheaper consumer-grade LEDs instead of the professional grade LEDs used on the official field.
I am not privy to the decision making process that goes into selecting the components for the field, and I'm not making any arguments for which software or hardware is better. What I'm saying is that Cheesy Arena isn't designed to be a replacement for the FMS during competition season, and isn't likely to become a replacement there.