Thread: Programmers: I Have A Challenge For You
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Re: Programmers: I Have A Challenge For You
The BeagleBoard could be a good option. Load a small distro of linux on it, and then communicate over RS-232. Personally I couldn't do it since my mentor would kill me for breaking the CAN-bus (do RS-232 multiplexers exist, and more importantly, would they be FRC-legal?

EDIT: Actually, a board with an ethernet port would probably be easier to use. If we put a switch on eth2, we could plug the camera and extra board in and have the alternate board read directly from the camera and do the processing there. It would save a lot of overhead for many teams and bypass any rules issues, since ethernet switches are perfectly legal (2CAN)
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