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Originally Posted by Mib
its usually a piece of hardware (USB flash drive) that a program needs to be used in order for it to work
some programs allow them to be "virtual dongles" or a software dongle, but usually its a hardware device.
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Usually when we, here, speak of "the dongle" or "a dongle", we refer to what connects to the competition port to enable/disable the robot and turn autonomous mode on/off. You can get the schematics from
http://www.ifirobotics.com or buy one from
AndyMark. They should be in the kit, since they are as much a safety precaution as a debugging aid.
When talking about the USB/Serial hardware, we usually use the term "adapter" (as in a USB-Serial adapter).
We rarely use the term "dongle" to describe a license device, since none of the software teams use requires one. (Correct me if I'm wrong.)