I am proud to announce the launch of
FRCMastery.com.
In 2009 we created Tip Jar Video Blogs, providing hints, tips and tricks for the FRC. In response to considerable positive feedback, we’ve taken the Tip Jar Videos a step further and created a whole new website dedicated to getting your robot up and running.
I’ll be adding new content and new videos regularly throughout the competition. Because I’d like the site to be as comprehensive as possible, I’m seeking video, code and idea contributions from participants, mentors and suppliers. Please email me at
ben@enabletc.com if you or your team is interested in collaborating to help all teams build better, more efficient robots.
What you’ll find now at
FRCMastery.com:
An Introduction to LabVIEW
- Introduction to Dashboard
- Introduction to Driver Station
- Running code from the Driver Station
LabVIEW Primer I
- Example Finder
- Opening Examples
- VIs: Front Panel and Block Diagrams
- Controls and Indicators
- Navigating the Project Screen
- Context Help
- SubVIs
- Wiring
- Data Flow
LabVIEW Primer II
- Duplicating Controls, Indicators and Functions
- Placing Functions and SubVIs
- Debugging VIs Using Execution Highlighting
- Wiring Techniques
- Clusters
FRC Walkthrough
- the Front Panel
- Robot Main Block Diagram
- Begin VI
- TeleOp VI
- Finish VI
- implement motors, actuators, sensors, etc…
- modify framework
- close motors, actuators, sensors, etc…
State Machines
- Loop Memory
- What state machines are
- How to draw and interpret a basic state diagram
- Creating typedefs for state machine data
- Creating enums to store the actual state
- How to write state machine code using the case structures
Ben Zimmer
-- LV Mastery Team