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Unread 03-06-2002, 15:28
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It's unlikely that we will ever get to send back more data than we're currently able to, even if Innovation First and/or FIRST wanted to give us the ability. This is because the radio modems are transmitting at their maximum data rate (about 9600bps). Thus if it was somehow set up so that you could send another 26 byte packet of your own, you would have to send this packet instead of a normal robot feedback packet. Also, the firmware which runs on the two other processors in the RC and the firmware in the OI would obviously need to change, which means that someone has to write it, and test it, etc. which is very time-consuming.