NI Week Athena Announcement and Q&A Panel

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Originally Posted by apalrd

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-The spec lists integrated 3-axis accelerometer. I wonder why they didn't include a gyro on this, since a gyro is definitely a way more useful sensor for FRC. I have never found a use for a chassis-mounted accelerometer in FRC.

A gyro would have trouble if a team decided to mount their control system vertically, or if they didn't put the controller in the center of the robot. Every year we get these accelerometers in the KoP, and I still have no idea what to do with them. We have like 10.

Also, I feel like the 500% increase in processing power was a bit unnecessary, but it's going to be cool to work with a dual core ARM Cortex processor.

Looking at the spec sheet, we can now use both ethernet and USB connected cameras, but their is no use listed for the USB device port.

Some questions:
-Do we have a jumper for the 6V servo power?
-The spec sheet lists specs for both a 5V and 3.3V supplies. Where are they, and can we use them? The old DSC had two extra pins for the 5V supply next to the DIO, but I don't see a way to get 5V from here without using one +5 pins on a DIO.
-How do we know which of the pins in the "custom electronics" connector do which things?
-The picture of the pcb shows a 5V/3.3V selection jumper, but it can't be seen from the new pictures. What does this select?