[Behind the Lines] Ep. 5 with the 2015 Control System Beta Teams!

[Francis-134]

Join GameSense and FIRST for the fifth episode of Behind the Lines, LIVE Wednesday at 8 PM ET!

This week, Evan and Navid will be joined by representatives from three of the 2015 control system beta teams;

Mark McLeod, FRC 358
Jeff Clements, FRC 16
Austin Schuh, FRC 971.

During our round-table discussion, these experts are going to share their experiences with the new control system. Learn all the pitfalls, challenges, and little quirks of this year’s control system before you have to put it on your 2015 competition robot.

We’re also going to be asking the experts questions from the community! To ask a question, do one of the following:

Email: btl@frcgamesense.com
Twitter: Tweet with #FRCBTL
GameSense Twitch Chat: Type "!question", followed by your question and our chat bot will automatically send it to us during the show!
Chief Delphi: Post your question in this thread!

Build season is approaching quickly, so check out the show to make sure you know what to expect when it’s time to wire and program your robot. See you at frcgamesense.com, twitch.tv/FRCGameSense, or youtube.com/FRCGameSense at 8 PM ET Wednesday!

[Francis-134]

Just a reminder, if anyone has questions for our experts on the control system, you can post them in this thread or email them to btl@frcgamesense.com! We will be taking questions during the show as well, so be sure to watch!

[marshall]

I'll definitely be tuning in tonight. I have a question ... who is your favorite beta testing team? And as a follow up, why is it Team 900?

I'm kidding... I just want to say thank you to all of the beta testing teams and NI, WPI, and FIRST. You have all been awesome to collaborate with. We're glad we could participate and provide feedback. It's been a fun project to work on and I know our team has learned a lot and I hope everyone else has as well.

For a serious question, what has been your favorite part of the beta testing? Any memorable experiences to share?

To the teams who played through multiple events and/or won events with the new control system, was your overall competition experience any different with the new control system or was it just about the same?

Austin, if you could elaborate on how it was to run one robot with the new control system and two with the old ones at Throwdown and any possible differences you noticed between the overall experiences each team had, it would be greatly appreciated.

[Anupam Goli]

Some questions of my own:

Has the FRC programming API changed a lot for each of the languages, or are the differences in the actual software to implement miniscule?

To what extent can onboard vision be done before we start seeing clock skew/processes running slow on the FPGA?

Has sensor integration been easier, harder, the same as before? How about PID and current control?

[IceStorm]

Will this be recorded? I won't be available to watch live but really want to here the discussion.

[Francis-134]

Yes! You can check out a recording at youtube.com/FRCGameSense. I'll post a direct link to that and our other materials after the show.

And don't be afraid to check out our past episodes of behind the lines while you're there.

[Francis-134]

And the show is live! Check it out at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUYlS2Vkyuo or twitch.tv/FRCGameSense.