29-07-2004, 01:04
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...and you can't! teach! that!
 FRC #5402 (Iron Kings); no team (AndyMark) Team Role: Mentor
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Join Date: Feb 2004
Rookie Year: 2004
Location: The Land of the Kokomese, IN
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Heads up!
Okay, so we all know that having some LEDs with your OI can really be helpful for knowing key elements of your robot.
The one problem I can see with such a setup on the control board is the fact that it's on the control board, which requires you to look down to discern the data.
This would lead one to think of a heads-up display, one that would let the information be broadcast to the driver(s) in the same spot all the time, regardless of where their head is pointed. However, FIRST tends to frown upon things that block a person's field of vision.
So, how could this sort of information be presented such that you could see the information while not losing your vision?
(The best I could come up with is a hat/helmet with the data on the very edge of vision, hanging from some sort of brim. Thoughts?)
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