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Re: CANJaguar vi's

The following is my opinion based on observation and the current devices in use in FRC as of today. This opinion could change in a moment if circumstances change.

When considering whether to go with 2-CAN or serial, consider this:
1)Both Ethernet ports are needed on the cRio IF you intend to use the vision system.
2) There are multiple flavors of "serial" available on the current FRC control system, RS232, I2C, TTL (with a little support hardware).

Serial will be much less expensive to implement AND no specific devices require it's use currently. So, IMHO, serial is the way to go.


Just my $.02.
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