Beginner's Kit

[CalTran]

Originally Posted by steinerc

Any suggestions?

This. The Kitbot on Steroids, as provided by Simbotics 1114, is one of the best possible drivetrains to be created from the KOP. It comes with complete instructions, a Bill of Materials, and even a CAD model for you to add your own creations to.

[Phyrxes]

Are you stepping up to include FRC as a competition in addtion to others: VRC, FTC, etc?

If you have a cortex and students familiar with its use by all means use that to jump start controls without buying a CRIO. The power distribution hardware will still be a necessary purchase but having spares is never a bad thing.

[Brant Bowen]

We get this question a lot here at AM. I usually try to start out by explaining how to get in contact with surrounding teams to see if they have leftover parts. Past that I suggest this kit to start with since it is the most similar to this past year's kit of parts.

[Taylor]

Originally Posted by Brant Bowen

We get this question a lot here at AM. I usually try to start out by explaining how to get in contact with surrounding teams to see if they have leftover parts. Past that I suggest this kit to start with since it is the most similar to this past year's kit of parts.

I think Brant intended to link here. Note that the cRIO is not included.

[Nemo]

Has anybody had luck with this? If it works, that seems like the cheapest option for bridging the gap between a practice bot and getting the first cRio with the rookie kit of parts.

When our team tried to control an offseason bot with an Arduino last year, we had issues getting Jaguars to work. Our programmers told me that the existing libraries weren't working for us.