23-03-2008, 17:17
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Mad Scientist
AKA: Me
 FRC #2040 (DERT) Team Role: Engineer
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Join Date: Apr 2005
Rookie Year: 2003
Location: Peoria, IL
Posts: 1,959
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Re: KoP Revamp?
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Originally Posted by 3dude_2231
agreed
but, agree with me that you don't want to see a Lego Mindstorm as next year's controller =]
FIRST got me into learning PICs and uCs, things I had absolutely no experience with,
and now, in my second year, I actually help college students with PICs,
[now..after bragging] what I mean to say is, that with a little bit of effort and will (and with just the right guidance) , any team can achieve anything,
[and the bottom line], don't go crazy simplifying the control system
It's great as it is now.
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Completely 100% agree.
Have enough abstraction to allow the rookie teams to have a decently functioning robot, but allow those who want to pull the veil of abstraction away and play with the magic behind it all to be able to do so. 
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