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Re: Buying new RC - CompactRIO

It was an FRC Mentor-only seminar in Wilmington Mass. I don't know how it was set up, but it was limited in size because they only had so many LabView computers set up, and because it was at a secure facility they probably didn't want non-adults. There was also Mentor team-building exercises.

Believe me, we all wanted the materials they showed us! The WPI C/C++ guru was still working on the manual so he didn't want to pass it out. It'll probably be on the WPI website "Real Soon Now". From the pages I saw (and how fearful he was to make sure it was free of errors), I'm sure it'll be a good read.

To give a taste of how easy the C/C++ part was, he showed us a complete 30~40 line program that had a simple autonomous mode plus a tele-op mode. It read similar to the old EasyC style of calling functions. All the tough stuff was hidden in the WPI libraries. And everything is open sourced code.

Sorry, I got caught up in the C/C++ side I forgot the LabView stuff. They did pass out an exercise book, but it was generic and not FRC.
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