[Greg McKaskle]

In addition to all of the approaches already listed, the new DS also supports virtual I/O. If you are running the DS without an I/O board attached, the Compatible/Simple I/O page actually lets you set the values of the analog and digitals using the mouse. The values are saved with the DS until you change them again or connect the I/O HW, and they are latched during auto-enabled. Hopefully this means you can have inputs to the autonomous without necessarily needing a soldering iron.

Be sure to update the DS SW before playing with this too much as it changed between the laptop version and the update version.

Greg McKaskle