
04-02-2017, 20:15
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Captain | Driver | CAD | Junior
AKA: Rohit Gondi
 FRC #3991 (KnightVision)
Team Role: Driver
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Join Date: Nov 2014
Rookie Year: 2015
Location: Baton Rouge, LA
Posts: 494
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Re: Driver Station Modifications
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Originally Posted by GeeTwo
Of course, refer to the rules to double check this and fill in details, but the general rule for the past several years is that actuators (that is, things which move, whether motor, solenoid, servo, or pneumatic) must receive direction pretty directly from the roboRIO*. Co-processors (e.g. vision processing), lights, sensors, and other CUSTOM CIRCUITS can be controlled from the RIO or an external processor. An LED strip is considered a CUSTOM CIRCUIT under the rules, and can be controlled from an arduino or other processor.
* The reason is safety -- FIRST wants to ensure that when the robot is "disabled", all of the intentional motion is disabled.
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I think he was referring to putting led strips on the operator console (drive station laptop).
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