Thread: Off board processor?
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Re: Off board processor?
Maybe I'm not thinking clearly, but where else would you put a pre-processor but on the robot? The OI? Even there I think it's legal, since you can plug in a computer as a dashboard.

I am a big proponent of pre-processing and I think some teams have been using it very effectively to operate vision systems and keep track of interrupts. It takes a lot of the burden off the main controller and I think it is the next step for teams who are already experienced with programming the RC.
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