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Originally Posted by oddjob
This year "no robot code" and "no camera images" consumed a lot of forum bandwidth. Imagine what will happen if the pandoras box is opened and the teams have access to all the low level real time OS hooks. How will that be supported? FIRST have to ensure the integrity of all the robot code for field competitions. How will they do that? Be careful what you are trying to accomplish. The FIRST programming environment is locked down for a reason.
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We're looking for a way to teach self-help.
Locked down black boxes are great when they are absolutely bullet-proof and
well documented.
When they are more like bullet-riddled and just plain obtuse, they are a quagmire.
The question of whether or not FIRST would approve an alternate controller, or allow running an alternate OS on the cRIO or an alternate controller, is absolutely an important question.
But the scarcity of hardware really kinks any efforts at hands-on teaching.