Thread: What is the roboRIO's OS?
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Re: What is the roboRIO's OS?
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Originally Posted by jds2001 View Post
If you're thinking of using the Pi for competition - remember that anything that controls motors must come from the RoboRio only. Of course, off board processing is allowed (or at least it was last year - interesting to note that this year in FTC offboard processing is illegal - I just went through the FTC inspector training - probably has something to do with the new Android-based control system), but it can't be wired to the CAN bus, PWM cables, or anything else that could be seen to control a motor.
I am aware, this is strictly for off-season testing.
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