Introducing Electronic Scouting: Tablets

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Originally Posted by depth_Finder

4a. Optional, but we solved the WiFi problem by getting a mobile data Sim card for the tablets. If you are interested, we found a free plan for small data usage (which if you only use it for scouting apps, you will almost never reach it)

4b. As lead data, I used the devices tethering capabilities to sync to our online database from the pits to give our coach the freshest data. Also useful at team scouting meetings where being able to look up stuff without WiFi is important.

Our team chose nexus 7s for many of the same reasons but we ran a USB network instead of 4g because it's both cheeper and more robust. The cables weren't really a downside because the tablets would be plugged in to our inverter for power anyways. Having a student run data back and forth was a pain though.