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Re: Programmers: I Have A Challenge For You
*sigh*

What I meant is it is always a good idea to know how the device you are programming works. I don't have a college-level education in this stuff, I only know what I can reverse-engineer. I think that the best way to learn how these robotics platforms work is to try things, read manuals, and mess up. Failure is the best teacher.

I am currently teaching a couple freshmen how to hack at stuff. I had them start with a ps/2 mouse and an arduino, and they turned it into encoders for our robot.

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