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Originally Posted by marshall
I agree that additional rules are not likely needed at this time but there is a real concern that some manufacturers won't support specific languages down the road if this is being pushed out to 3rd parties. The community has and continues to pick up the slack though so here's to hoping we'll keep up that trend.
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Hear, hear. I wanted to echo Marshall's point:
My 2c on this initiative to enable inclusion of 3rd party device libraries is that it enables a greater opportunity for those students interested in product software engineering to get real-world experience - contributing to products that make things better for all FIRST teams.
I want to take this chance to thank all of the mentors and students who have helped or are currently helping w/the navX-MXP/Micro library development and testing. This includes Joe Ross, James Parks, Tim Easterling, Alex Allen, Dustin Spicuzza, Thad House, Christian Sandrowski, Elizabeth Makizuru, Tyres Caberto, Nygel Melchor and more. The result is navX-MXP/Micro libraries in 5 languages. There is no way we'd be where we are at now w/out all this help. And the work continues: development is underway to add even more features and make these libraries even simpler to use.
If there are others with similar interest in being a part of this type of effort, please feel free to personal message me and we can discuss what opportunities Kauai Labs has in this area.
I have a sense it's possible that other device manufacturers might have similar opportunities...