Dashboard - Actual use?

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Posted by Nate Smith.

Other on team #66, GM Powertrain/Willow Run HS, from Eastern Michigan University and GM Powertrain.

Posted on 3/14/2000 11:48 AM MST



Yet another post from the 'Dashboard Guy'...

Ever since the dashboard port was announced, there has been a LOT of buzz around the teams as to the possibility for advanced feedback. However, after seeing the field at Great Lakes, I only saw two teams actually using a laptop on the field, with at least one more on the way being worked on in the pits. I was just wondering how many people are actually planning to use it? Also, if you are using my decoder, please mention that in your post too. =) Thanks!

Nate

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Posted by Justin Ridley.

Engineer on team #221, MI Roboworks, from Michigan Technological University.

Posted on 3/14/2000 1:35 PM MST


In Reply to: Dashboard - Actual use? posted by Nate Smith on 3/14/2000 11:48 AM MST:



We will be using JBoard, a program one of our students made. It's pretty cool.

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Posted by Tony K.

Student on team #292, PantherTech, from Western High School and DaimlerChrysler.

Posted on 3/18/2000 4:12 PM MST


In Reply to: Dashboard - Actual use? posted by Nate Smith on 3/14/2000 11:48 AM MST:



I wrote PortSnoop, but since we can't afford a powerful enough laptop, we can't use it. And I don't think we could use it on the field and be in good relations with our coach at the same time .

But I got away with it by using Pbasic's Debug...

Tony

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Posted by Nate Smith.

Other on team #66, GM Powertrain/Willow Run HS, from Eastern Michigan University and GM Powertrain.

Posted on 3/18/2000 7:35 PM MST


In Reply to: Re: Dashboard - Actual use? posted by Tony K on 3/18/2000 4:12 PM MST:



: I wrote PortSnoop, but since we can't afford a powerful enough laptop, we can't use it. And I don't think we could use it on the field and be in good relations with our coach at the same time .
You sure about that Tony? I've run the demo program with the decoder on machines as low as a 133 Pentium with 16MB RAM...

: But I got away with it by using Pbasic's Debug...
While on the field? How are you pulling that off?

Nate