[mikelowry]

Thanks for all the help everyone!

an update on our progress with windriver:

Yesterday, last year's programmer came back for a visit and showed us everything about windriver and set us up with TortoiseSVN. NighterFighter and I now have separate workspaces and a shared repository. Its really cool.

and now my progress with the code:

I have been looking at our old code from last year and kind of fumbling through it trying to figure out how it works and making some of my own. Our robot last year had an intake and helix and a turreted shooter head. I currently have 2 working (mostly) classes that i wrote - one to control the intake and helix, and one to control the turret, shooter wheel, angle control, and feeder motor.

I dont have access to the code right now because my teammate has the computer in southern georgia for our offseason event while i'm stuck at home, but on monday i want to experiment with using the iterative robot class instead of the simple robot one.
Also on monday, i will put up on here the code that I have written so far.

and now one quick question:

Last year our programmer created his own drivetrain class as an extension of the robot base class to do with traction control. I dont want to write traction control, but i still want to be able to easily deal with encoders. Would it be better for me to convert what i have to the iterative robot template, or to stick with the simple one and just write my own class for the drivetrain?