View Single Post
  #17   Spotlight this post!  
Unread 22-08-2005, 19:32
Rickertsen2 Rickertsen2 is offline
Umm Errr...
None #1139 (Chamblee Gear Grinders)
Team Role: Alumni
 
Join Date: Dec 2002
Rookie Year: 2002
Location: ATL
Posts: 1,421
Rickertsen2 has a brilliant futureRickertsen2 has a brilliant futureRickertsen2 has a brilliant futureRickertsen2 has a brilliant futureRickertsen2 has a brilliant futureRickertsen2 has a brilliant futureRickertsen2 has a brilliant futureRickertsen2 has a brilliant futureRickertsen2 has a brilliant futureRickertsen2 has a brilliant futureRickertsen2 has a brilliant future
Send a message via AIM to Rickertsen2 Send a message via Yahoo to Rickertsen2
Re: Linux-Powered Robots and Flexible Programming

My point is that there is nothing new about this other than that it runs linux. Teams have been using auxillary processors in conjunction with the RC as long as i have been involved in FIRST. The rules in previous years have been pretty clear on this. It is a "custom circuit" and as long as it meets the price limits and does not directly output a PWM signal directly to the speed controllers it is legal. They did not mention where the PWM signal comes from. I will assume that this circuit communicates with the RC through the serial port or something like that and Instructs the RC to output the PWM signal. In this case it is legal. If it is intended as a stand-alone replacement for the RC it would not be legal.
__________________
1139 Alumni

Last edited by Rickertsen2 : 22-08-2005 at 19:35.