NI Week Athena Announcement and Q&A Panel

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Originally Posted by AllenGregoryIV

I'm actually really surprised I haven't seen anyone push for a dual radio idea before. That just makes sense.

Dashboard and anything else noncritical can all be over wifi. It also allows us to continue to be able wirelessly program the robot as well, which is a big advantage over having to tether a serial cable like the old controllers.

A dual radio option was offered as part of the RFQ proposal we sent FIRST.

It was proposed basically like what Clinton outlined above.

In fact I even built the radio module (Turtle....slow, steady and hardened).
I even made it bridge in a way that should have worked with the field.
It used COTS radio components offered from a variety of vendors to offer wide selection of frequency and performance.
Had no choice because of the short time between the announcement of the RFQ and the deadlines.

RFQ was not accepted however it was reviewed.

Originally Posted by Greg McKaskle

I will not knock an IFI controller, or the Sasquatch.

I notice that proposed solution we offered seems to be overlooked.

Not to worry I took what I built and dropped the FIRST features.
If anyone is really interested I can post the proposal we made.

I have to say however, NI has the contract, come what may until FIRST sends out another RFQ the ball is in their court.