cRIO FRC2

[MagiChau]

I noticed on Bill's blog he mentioned that NI unveiled (at the FIRST Championship) a new cRIO model available to be used in FRC starting in the 2012 season. Didn't see a thread already made so I made this one for future discussion.

Wonder how the new one will compare to the old one. Don't want to take a unnecessary risk of unreliability but curious about the specs and if it will have a significant change in design.

Bill's blog post here: http://frcdirector.blogspot.com/2011...-in-crowd.html

[kramarczyk]

NI already makes their commercial cRio in both 4 and 8 slot versions. I strongly suspect that the new one is simply on the 4 slot chassis. I know many teams that only use 3 slots (1, 4 & 8), so this type of reduction could be a simple cost, weight and footprint reduction that teams have been asking for.

[Timz3082]

It also would be nice if they put this in the kit I would really enjoy having two cRIOs to play around with...

[plnyyanks]

If anyone at St. Louis can stop by the NI booth, I would like to see what information they have on the new cRIO model, since I won't be at CMP. Thanks in advance.

[Big Kid]

Here is the image of the New CRIO. It is indeed the 4 Slotted CRIO.

http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitpic/phot...j h1HeZC48%3D

[Joe G.]

Looks like only one ethernet port. Wonder if the camera will require the 8-slot model, or if FIRST will come up with another way to connect it.

Very cool though, LOVING the price!

[Mark McLeod]

Originally Posted by Joe G.

Looks like only one ethernet port. Wonder if the camera will require the 8-slot model, or if FIRST will come up with another way to connect it.

We can connect our camera(s) to the DLink as an alternate now.
The second port isn't required any longer.

The picture access has expired though, so I can't see it.

[Mk.32]

Looks interesting, now my question is is there any hardware changes besides size?

Does it handle image processing better? More memory? Faster reboot? ETC.

Since our team already has two CRIOs, it doesn't seem like it is worth it to "upgrade".

[SkyWarrior]

I cannot see the picture. Can someone upload that again? Thank you very much in advance.

[Joe Ross]

When I talked to NI, they said it had twice as much ram and twice as much flash, and the same size FPGA.

[EricVanWyk]

Originally Posted by Joe Ross

When I talked to NI, they said it had twice as much ram and twice as much flash, and the same size FPGA.

Any mention of the processor?

[Zholl]

Originally Posted by EricVanWyk

Any mention of the processor?

By my understanding it's the same microcontroller with fewer ports and more memory. That extra storage will probably be the only real performance boost you see

[MagiChau]

Is the model the cRIO-9076?

NI cRIO-9076 Product Pages:
LX45 FGPA: http://sine.ni.com/nips/cds/view/p/lang/en/nid/209758
LX25 FGPA: http://sine.ni.com/nips/cds/view/p/lang/en/nid/209757

[Joe Ross]

Originally Posted by MagiChau

Is the model the cRIO-9076?

It looks like the same form factor, but the cRIO FRC2 has the same FPGA as the current cRIO, and not a virtex like the 9075/6.

[reuven]

did they say when the new cRIO will be sold to veteran teams?
its important to us (shipping time, customs etc....) in this side of the world