Dashboard, The Comp and sensor data...

[Kevin Karan]

What are the rules on the dashboard program? I mean, we are allowed to use a dashboard durring the competition, right? What are the rules and regs in regards to what we can put on the dashboard? The way I understand it is we can display whatever we want as long as we dont have the computer directly controling the robot. Im asking because our team has never used a dashboard, since we have never realy needed to, and this year with the beacon/ tracker stuff a dashboard that would display a relative position on the field would be helpfull. We are having alot of success with the tracker and we can almost grid the position of the robot on the field. Also, what are the rules for sending specific data to the dashboard. Can we use unused PWM/analog inputs to send data to the controler/dashboard that would indicate, for example, the x/y position on our grid or somthing like error codes.
Thanks,
Kevin Karan
Programmer
Team 174
Arctic Warriors