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Re: Purchase second system - Drivers station and Power Supply
There's always the chance that NI/FIRST will changeover to a cRIO with fewer slots, or a different mix of modules (e.g., a CAN module). I don't think it's a major risk. Anything they change would have to be backward compatible to the 2009 system, since that's what most teams will be running with for the next few years.
I don't think you'd really go wrong in purchasing what's being offered right now, but any new modules added in the 2010 KOP would be an additional cost if you don't wait until it's released, so it'd cost you more -- at a guess, maybe $200, to buy just that module later on.
The $750 covers the cRIO and all the modules that came with the 2009 control system. You don't order the pieces separately.
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