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Re: Feedback Thread: Robot Control System

PD board - great; no complaints.

cRIO - power connector is TERRIBLE. Are there any other options here?

Breakouts/Bumpers - great; no complaints.

Sensors - great; no complaints. Love that the gyro and accelerometer come on the same board, but can be easily separated.

Digital sidecar - we had a couple of issues where the 5V rail on the DSC got shorted by debris near the connectors. If the plastic housing were a bit larger, this probably wouldn't have happened.

Radio - clearly not designed for use on a robot We had to carefully mount it to stop the reset button from pressing itself.

OVERALL:

My biggest complaints are things that can't be easily changed as far as I can tell. Boot time is way, way too long. The cRIO is big and heavy.
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