Low-cost Talon SRX computer?

[ozrien]

Omar, if we're not married to the idea of using Talons...

There is a 'P' Gadgeteer port that is PWM-hardware capable so anything is possible, but it is not supported in software yet. The priority for HERO is to better support Talon SRX, but in future I'm sure it will branch out to other things as we add more peripheral software support (I personally can't wait to see an IoT application).

How difficult would it be to get Jaguars working through Hero on the CanBus?

That's a interesting question, the CAN driver API in HERO is very similar to the CAN driver API we [NI/CTRE/WPILIB/FIRST] hashed out for RIO. So I bet a smart student/mentor could port over the CANJaguar java class to C#, and just replace the RIO CAN calls with HERO CAN calls. Java would be best as it is closest to C#.

BUT you must put the nonFRC firmware into the Jags. That will require using BDC-COMM (and possible a serial connection). Or 2CAN if you have one lying around

[ozrien]

Closing out my last comment on this old thread....

PWM Speed Controller class is now available in HERO SDK Beta Installer 4.4.0.25 (.zip)
http://www.ctr-electronics.com/contr...ical_resources

[teslalab2]

IDK if It could be any help but I got can jaguars running on arduino, follow the link in my signature.

[marshall]

The Zebracorns recently got one of our old robots converted to using Talon SRXs and a HERO board thanks to a generous donation by CTRE. We will be posting a paper about the process as soon as we can (we're in the middle of moving our lab right now).

Needless to say, the HERO board is an amazing tool for teams for this exact reason and it has us talking about how we can use it for more prototyping in the future.

[GeeTwo]

Originally Posted by teslalab2

IDK if It could be any help but I got can jaguars running on arduino, follow the link in my signature.

I bought some SPARKs for this project several months ago, leaving the encoder counting to the arduino, but thanks.

[teslalab2]

Originally Posted by GeeTwo

I bought some SPARKs for this project several months ago, leaving the encoder counting to the arduino, but thanks.

Originally Posted by FrankJ

How difficult would it be to get Jaguars working through Hero on the CanBus? Does anybody know if the Jaguar firmware exists? We have a bunch of those sitting around.

Geetwo, I am thinking though, you might be able to port it over.