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Re: [FRC Blog] 2016 Radio Update
This is cheaper than I remember paying for the d-link (after logging in to AM to see price).
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A couple of reasons - you could power the switch without additional wires, you are right next the the roborio ethernet port, so one length of cable can be very short, and it doesn't take up any more room on the belly pan or frame. In short, putting the switch on the MXP is not needed, but it's nice and tidy.
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It's a white box, buy three and deal with it. It's October and you now now the footprint (aprox 2^pear's across) ** is out in the open. Yay you. For those that need 2^12 ports, let me direct you to the Cisco Product line, but I think weight may be a problem.. (*) Fed Ex is an amazing sponsor, no disrespect intended. (**) Not good, next we will see the FRC field is 168 standard pears long. For years the world has gone with metric bananas for size and yet the Americans stick to the out dated pear. |
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The power over ethernet might be kinda neat. Might be possible to make a breakout plug so the radio and roborio can be powered from an offboard power source without a battery in the robot, being able to deploy code through battery swaps or power loss might be somewhat useful. Are there any other relevant PoE devices?
I wonder how much of an impact the firmware will have on teams. |
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Are we going to get these every year in the KOP. If so it looks like in a few years our robotics room is getting a fancy new router.
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Generally speaking, control system components are only given to all teams in the KOP when they change/are new. This is a change, therefore all teams get one. After the first round of that, they will (in general) only go to rookies in the KOP--though I wouldn't find it inconceivable for them to crop up in FIRST Choice or for sale at AndyMark in addition to any other places they'd be sold commercially.
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This router supports PoE, so in theory if later versions of the RoboRIO supported being able to inject power into the ethernet cables (or had a setting to do so in the webdash), you could save yourself the additional wiring and hassle of a power cable into the VRM altogether, another perk over the DLink router.
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For all I know it could have been from First Choice. I started caring about robotics a lot more around the beginning of the build season last year. I do remember convincing my mentor to put the Nvidia Quadro k4000 as the top pick on last years FChoice which wasnt hard since hes as big of a hardware geek as I am. Seriously though why was a $1,200 gpu only 200 points. |
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Last year, it was in there. That being said, last year also featured a new control system, when it would make sense to give out the entire system rather than just the new parts.
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![]() EDIT: I looked it up, and we did get routers in 2014. Along with a decent amount of the control system, actually. http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprogr...4-kit-of-parts Last edited by thatnameistaken : 08-10-2015 at 21:43. |
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Or I could be. I don't remember hearing about it being given out to non-rookies between '09 and '12, so it could have been a policy change after Einstein 2012.
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I can confirm. My team was a rookie in 2012, and we currently have 4 radios, and we have never had the budget to warrant purchasing another one.
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That's not something that normally happens right? |
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