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Re: NEW 2009 Control System Released
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Originally Posted by yoyodyne
I see this abstraction as a step in the wrong direction in terms of teaching embedded system concepts and showing students that they have the technical capability and financial resources to build a micro-controller based subsystem.
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That's not what FIRST is about. It may be how your car works in real life but it isn't the ideal way to introduce kids to programming because embedded systems needs a hefty understanding of electrical engineering.
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We see the split in minimally backed teams and the teams that
may have these already on order from NI.
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As yoyodyne clearly shows the split was exasperbated by the old system as well.
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Last edited by Adam Y. : 21-04-2008 at 13:02.
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