Thread: Old FRC Controllers (Pre-NI)
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Re: Old FRC Controllers (Pre-NI)
You could also try to skip the FRC controller and go for its guts - a Microchip PIC microcontroller.

There are many, many tutorials online how to program them, and if you have a student or business email (not a free one from yahoo, gmail, hotmail, etc.), you can get free samples directly from Microchip (save you about $4 plus shipping). I ordered some about a week ago and they just came in. (Just make sure you get a higher end chip, in the correct package - pdip)


Third party programmers are also pretty inexpensive (if you don't want to make your own), I just bought a USB with a zif socket for $30 from a seller on ebay.



Although, I can understand wanting to have something you're familiar with.
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