C-Rio as on board computer?

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Would there be advantages to writing custom FPGA code for the old C-Rio and using that as a secondary computer? As I understand it, an FPGA is very good at parallel execution and operates much more like a re configurable integrated circuit. If you can move your image processing and other autonomous functions into the FPGA it might be able deliver some good performance. I've only written simple FPGA functions for the C-Rio before and don't a very good handle on the actual capabilities of an FPGA.

As for the weight penalty it seems like many teams are coming in routinely underweight. It seems to be less of an issue than in previous years.