Quote:
Originally posted by FotoPlasma
The joystick ports each have a pin for +5VDC, fused at 1.25A, through F2. They state that "+5V Aux is to be used for potentiometers in Joysticks and custom I/O boxes" in the IFI OI Reference Guide, but that's not the official rulebook. I'm not sure how a FIRST representative or knowledgable volunteer inspector would react to a system that generates control signals. I'm thinking specifically of making an intermediary box to operate on actual driver input, and then output processed data to the OI. Anyone know of a precedent for this kind of thing?
|
In the past, the layman's translation of the FIRST ruling on things like this is that anything with a "brain" on the OI side is illegal...so, if you could find a way to interface one of these controllers(somehow) only putting wires between the original controller and the OI, then it would be legal based on how I've seen the rules interpreted in the past...