Thread: FPGA 2011
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Unread 02-12-2010, 21:21
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Re: FPGA 2011

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Originally Posted by bscharles View Post
There were some rumors going around about FIRST opening up the FPGA of our cRIO's this year. Does anybody know if all or part of this is true?
This has been a common rumor for the past two years. The FPGA contains among other things, the ability to stop all robot motion under field control. It is unlikely that it would become open for team modification until someone can insure that a wayward robot could be disabled before it did some damage to personnel, field, venue.
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