Using the cRio FPGA

[F22Rapture]

Originally Posted by Michael Hill

There's nothing that's stopping you from using your own FPGA on a separate circuit board. Since you can connect to the digital sidecar or cRIO with SPI or I2C, it should be possible.

You can during off-season, but for the competition:

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Robots must be controlled via one programmable National Instruments cRIO (Part # cRIO-FRC or cRIO-FRCII) with image version FRC_2012_v43. Other controllers shall not be used

[BigJ]

Originally Posted by F22Rapture

You can during off-season, but for the competition:

R52

I think he was referring to using your own FPGA as a custom circuit, I might be wrong though.

[Michael Hill]

Originally Posted by F22Rapture

You can during off-season, but for the competition:

R52

You can make the argument that an FPGA isn't a controller, but at any rate, you don't necessarily have to use it for control. It could be used in other ways.