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Re: Presentation about the 2016 control system

Glad you are working to educate teams in your area.

Some further edits or clarifications for those that are reading this:
- On slide 7 the UART being 5V is a warning. However, the UART (on MXP port) is the connection to use with Arduino, Pi, etc. The warning is for the 9V RS-232.
- There is a new radio required this coming year (OM5P-AN).
- On slide 24, it is said that you need to connect CAN if you want current-related data. It is required to connect CAN to the PDP period. This is how battery voltage shows up on the DS and I believe a robot will not pass inspection without it.
- New CTRE magnetic encoder was part of the beta program. It plugs directly into the Talon SRX and can be used for both relative and absolute positioning simultaneously.
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