Electronics Video Tutorial Series Announcement

[Ether]

I've been watching your videos. You've done an excellent job. I especially appreciate your effort to speak clearly. I think this will be quite useful for rookie teams, and for rookies on established teams.

So far I've caught only a few areas you might want to clarify or correct. When I get a chance I will PM you with my notes.

Keep up the good work :-)

[Teamcodeorange]

Originally Posted by Ether

I've been watching your videos. You've done an excellent job. I especially appreciate your effort to speak clearly. I think this will be quite useful for rookie teams, and for rookies on established teams.

So far I've caught only a few areas you might want to clarify or correct. When I get a chance I will PM you with my notes.

Keep up the good work :-)

Thank you for spending the time to watch my videos! I strive to be as accurate as possible, so I will try to correct anything that you can find. CD won't let me give you more rep.

[dellagd]

Nice Idea, and im sure all those rookies will be thankful for you shedding some light on how a control system really works in a easy to understand, concise way.

Youve inspired me to do a tutorial on CAN (Our team loves CAN) and all of its pros and cons. CAN actually gave us the most innvoative feature on our robot I'll say. Thanks!

[Teamcodeorange]

Originally Posted by dellagd

Nice Idea, and im sure all those rookies will be thankful for you shedding some light on how a control system really works in a easy to understand, concise way.

Youve inspired me to do a tutorial on CAN (Our team loves CAN) and all of its pros and cons. CAN actually gave us the most innvoative feature on our robot I'll say. Thanks!

I'd love to watch your tutorial when it's finished! Be sure to send it to me. Thanks.

[apalrd]

Originally Posted by dellagd

CAN actually gave us the most innvoative feature on our robot I'll say. Thanks!

What can you do with CAN that you can't already do?

What language do you use? Are the C++ and Java implementations synchronous like the LV one, and if so, have you rewritten them so they work reliably?

How do you deal with failure?

These questions are important when thinking about CAN. There is a single point of failure, and the current libraries (at least in LV) do not handle failure gracefully at all. The cRio should be able to keep up with fast control loops. CAN also requires the Jaguars, which are physically the largest and less historically reliable season-tested controllers of recent history.

There are ups and downs. It's not all flowers and unicorns, and it's not a magic bullet like some people seem to embrace it as.

[Gadeer Zbedat]

What is the text programing to the jumper in order to see the voltage in the computer drive station !! I need it in C++ language please.

[rsisk]

Originally Posted by Gadeer Zbedat

What is the text programing to the jumper in order to see the voltage in the computer drive station !! I need it in C++ language please.

I believe that is all built into the infrastructure. In other words, you add the jumper to the Analaog breakout and the battery voltage will appear on the Driver Station.

[alb4h]

Your videos are terrific! While this is technically our team's third year, all the members of our electronics sub-team are rookies. These will be very helpful.
Thanks!
Ann

[Teamcodeorange]

Originally Posted by alb4h

Your videos are terrific! While this is technically our team's third year, all the members of our electronics sub-team are rookies. These will be very helpful.
Thanks!
Ann

Great! Please spread these videos to any other teams who would find them useful.