Thread: Does the PD board Output 12v Stable?
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Re: Does the PD board Output 12v Stable?
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Originally Posted by 1075guy View Post
Also, I'm having a hard time imagining what you could possibly want from a secondary computer on board. The PowerPC processor in the cRIO is the most powerful CPU we've ever had at our disposal, by a factor of like 100. If it can't do what you're trying to do with an off-cRIO processor, I'd be surprised.
In theory, one could connect a coprocessor to the control system via I2C and use the coprocessor to provide serial communication with some sensor. It would be a rather sneaky way to get around FIRST banning use of the serial port on the cRIO, but would be technically legal.
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