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Re: pic: Thousands of manhours of work... coming '07

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Originally Posted by Andrew Blair View Post
Haha, frowny face indeed. As far as the LCD goes magical hands, I think it's just meant to be a really light, quick diagnostic device. Check modes, certain algorithm values (Such as PID), etc. Nothing big. If you are just using it for a relatively static auto. mode, then it is probably not even necessary. They do intend for it to be optional.
These are some things that flashed on the LCD when we started up last season:
Battery Voltage
Gyro Rate (to make sure it was calibrated correctly.)
Ultrasonic sensor distance (sometimes the plug came out and the distance was 0. We drove backwards...)

These things can be checked in another fashion, but in the heat of competition, its easy to miss something.