[EWCP] Beta Testing Cast with Jared from team 341

[thefro526]

This past week, we had the pleasure of recording a side cast on the 2012 Beta Testing Hardware and Software With Jared Russell from Team 341. For those of you who haven't been able to make it to a Beta Test Presentation, it's an excellent resource to keep in the loop.

Some of the topics we hit on:

-What is new to the control system in 2012
-The choices that teams will have to make (What language to use? To buy a new cRIO or not?)
-An overview of the hardware and software that has been beta tested, including lessons learned
-How the Microsoft Kinect works, how it works with the FRC control system, and what we learned about utilizing it effectively
-General best practices for an effective control system in 2012

The recording is available here: http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-98466/TS-569882.mp3 or it can be found on iTunes.

There is also a thread on FIRST forums for this: http://forums.usfirst.org/showthread.php?t=18372