cRIO FRC2

[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

[MagiChau]

Originally Posted by 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

Bill says he was told sometime in the fall, otherwise than that I do not know.

[ratdude747]

must be soon; they already had 2 samples at the NI area in the pits.

I wonder if the crio will be wired like the old IFI controllers with a 20A run from the distribution board or if the 24v connector will continue to be used.

I like the new 2c connector and the wire shell it provides. that is a nice feature since the existing 4c connectors tend to lose their wires a lot.

[jhersh]

Originally Posted by ratdude747

I wonder if the crio will be wired like the old IFI controllers with a 20A run from the distribution board or if the 24v connector will continue to be used.

You should still connect it to the 24V connector for competition so you are taking advantage of the regulation on the PD that will keep your cRIO operating even if the battery drops to 5V.

[thefro526]

Originally Posted by jhersh

You should still connect it to the 24V connector for competition so you are taking advantage of the regulation on the PD that will keep your cRIO operating even if the battery drops to 5V.

After speaking with one of the NI Reps at the Championship, the impression that I got was that the New CRio was being designed so that it could run on 12V, eliminating the need for 24V power from the PD board. But, I may have been wrong in my interpretation.

Overall, I'm happy with the idea of a newer smaller CRio, considering that we've never used more than 4 of the slots in the original CRio - and I'm happy that someone somewhere is listening to the feedback teams have been giving over the last few years in respect to the CRio.

[FrankJ]

The guys at the NI booth seemed to think it would be available in the fall. The new CRIO is being cost optimized to include what is needed & removes unneeded features. Aside from the size, I expect most teams will not see any difference in the performance. I was amazed at the quality of the people staffing the NI booth at the worlds. Lots of good information. Thanks NI for being there.

The camera will plug into the router. The default IP address on the camera will need to be reset to be in the right subnet. To make the camera image appear on the dashboard, you will need to re-point the image viewer in the dashboard to the camera's new IP address. The NI guys say this is much better. There is a white paper at www.ni.com/first on how to do this. To use the camera image in the CRIO, you will obviously need to use its IP address.

Axis White Paper

[nuttle]

A feature that would be very nice, particuarly with fewer slots, is the ability (implemented in the FPGA image that teams are required to use) to have some flexibility in terms of which modules can be used in which slots. If nothing else, having the fourth slot be able to work with more than one type of module would be very good. Some teams might want two analog input modules, while others might want two digital I/O modules, as an example. This is especially true if it becomes hard to obtain the original 8-slot cRIO at some point in the future.