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Re: What Features Should the Default Code REALLY include?

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Originally Posted by SlimBoJones
It sounds like there are some polar views on this topic. There are some teams out there who are at the level where remapping buttons on the joystick to different relays on the RC is difficult. And there are some teams who can setup up interrupt driven encoders to feedback PID-control loops, without breaking a sweat.

I don't think an overly complex default program will benefit the former team, nor will it encourage the learning involved in getting to the same level as the latter team.

I think all the code to do these complex functions should be MADE OPENLY AVAILABLE, similar to how the default IR code was made available this year. But I don't feel that a default program that supports all these functions should be rolled out to every IFI controller when they're shipped out.

It would be nice to have all the code snippets that have accrued on chiefdelphi.com and in various code repositories rolled onto a CD which is included in the kit =)
I agree, no point of putting in all these unnecesary functions into the main code when often a significant part is uneeded.
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