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Originally Posted by Joel J.
I had no idea you were allowed to connect a PIC between the "joystick" and PORTx of the OI.
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Yeah, we were nervous. Last year, I would say this would be right out. But this year...
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Originally Posted by Manual
<R78> All equipment connected to the Joystick Ports of the IFI Operator Interface must be powered solely
through the power available through the port. External power sources of any type are not permitted on any
equipment connected to the Joystick Ports. Portable computing devices may not be connected to Joystick
input ports on the Operator Interface. Power-passive devices (e.g. joysticks that draw their power solely
through the IFI Operator Interface joystick port) are permitted.
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I'd call this a power-passive device, as all power is comming from the OI. Then to look at the INTENT of the rule, all the PICs are doing is translating data, they aren't adding any value to the input or doing any calculations to drive the robot any better. So I hope we're OK. It's still up to the human to drive that sucker into a wall and fall over.
OR... another way too look at it...
We made our own joysticks. The joystick starts at the plug. An off the shelf PS2 controller is just one of the materials we used to make our control.
I hope!
