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Originally Posted by Kevin Sevcik
It was ~$2500. The current system from IFI costs less than $1200.
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It's worth keeping in mind that the important number from FIRST's perspective isn't how much the system costs to a normal consumer, but rather how much it costs to FIRST. If we are in fact getting the cRIO, then it's safe to assume that NI is donating a good portion of the usual cost. Just hope that your students don't drop the thing once you've gotten it, though.
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Originally Posted by Kevin Sevcik
I wouldn't particularly look forward to programming a robot in straight Labview
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Agreed. Though FIRST is about inspiration, and not technical learning, it's probably beneficial to use a language that students are likely to already know, and/or are likely to run into again in industry. BASIC, C, Java, and maybe even Python are all excellent examples... Labview isn't so much.