Thread: Who is Programming the cRIO with C++ and what success are you having?
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Re: Who is Programming the cRIO with C++ and what success are you having?
It took us a while to get up-to-speed with Wind River at first too, but after doing so we find it lots more fun to use than either MPLAB or LabVIEW. To me the primary hurdle is learning all the buttons and settings you need to get WR running. After you do that, learning to use C++, even if you've only programmed in C, is not difficult to do because you've got lots of example code and the WPILib to follow and learn from.

You do need to watch out, when working in RAM, to undeploy code that you've loaded into FLASH.

Once you get the hang of it, the turn-around time in developing code with WR and C++ is very fast.

I think learning WR is a worthwhile experience too. I had never used WR myself before. But I now work in an environment with lots of coders of embedded software -- when I look around at what they use -- Eclipse.