Programming old Innovation FIRST boards

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Originally Posted by Sconrad

Hey guys, thanks for the reply! I know how to program in C and am looking into the PBASIC. Any chance there is a way to make the 2001 robot controller work with C that anybody knows of, sort of like imaging the cRIO so you can use the updated WPILib? Or is this a hardware support issue? Sorry if my questions are obvious or poorly worded, after a couple hours of research, I'm still a little sketchy on the details. Thanks!

I'm pretty sure this is a hardware support issue. In case you're wondering, the microcontroller is a PIC 18 (either F8520 in 2004-2005 or F8722 in 2006-2008). I'm pretty foggy on details regarding the older (BASIC) controllers (this is before my team even existed, let alone my membership), but resources are available regarding that control system, and they appear to have everything you need with regard to learning about them/programming them. I do also know a thing or two about the new(er) model controllers (programmed in C).

If you need some resources on programming those (C) controllers, I have some links in this post that you should probably check out. You can also find lots of information about the control system (click on a certain part for more information) and the RC on IFI's website. If you need the software to program the controllers, I have links for finding them in this post, and Kevin Watson (the guy who wrote the old FIRST libraries) has tons of resources from various years. Of course, the easiest thing to do would be to find the disc that came in the KOP a few years back that had all the software on it already.

Good luck!