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Legality of External Co-processor
Hello everyone,

Several questions:

1) Were we allowed to attach external co-processors to the cRIO this last year? Specifially, I'm considering an EeePC (one that meets the price guidelines and has been modified to run off of the robot's battery power).

2) If I was to use an external co-processor, would I have been able to attach the AXIS webcam (or maybe even a different one?) to the coprocessor, instead of the ethernet port on the cRIO?

3) What would be the best way to get images from the AXIS camera to the external coprocessor (connection-wise)?

Thanks!
-Matt