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Still waiting on the training videos. In time, they will be up.My biggest question right now is, what ver. of LABView will we be using and where can we get our hands on a copy soon. If it is the same as was in the 2008 KOP, cool, if not, then we will need it soon. BTW, did you notice on the sidecar that the PWM connectors are completely different. Time to stock up on new pins and connectors. |
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The PWM's and servos generally need higher current drivers as well as the power source for the servos. I think their idea is to keep only standard NI components plugged into the chassis with all non-NI parts external. Yes is this is more like a platform for research/academia but also suited for one-offs and low volume which, after all, is what we are. There is no question that it's neat hardware. The open issue is how well it can help achieve the mission of first when a hands-on controller is $6K instead of $300. |
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I guess I was worried about how all the data would be transferred. There's only so much you can do with 37 pins. But hey, the tether cable we've been using for the past few years only required 9 pins to transmit all that data. Why am I worrying so much? |
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Some teams need to make budgets and other program decision in the next few months. Some teams need to decide how many FTC - how many FRC (if any) or how many in other programs. Hopefully we will see more information soon to allow such decision to be made. |
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I am excited about the new controller I think it will make the FIRST competition better in the long run but next year I feel will have several major headaches.
Namely do we know what company is manufacturing the custom parts for us like the bumper modules, driver station, and the sidecar? These prototype cases and modules all seem slightly flimsy compared to the 50g shock rated cRIO. |
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Why do you honestly think you won't be able to program in C? As far as I can tell there is just as much information about the Labview programing as there is programing in C/C++.
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on a side note, it was either on the FIRST website or the NI site, but there will be a special version of LabVIEW available for teams next year to use with this.
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In 802.11b/g in the U.S. you can use any of 11 channels you like as your center frequency but there will be interference with other stations using channels less than 5 from you channel. That is not to say that running say 6 access points on 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, and 11 won't work - they will work but there will be mutual interference, retransmissions, etc. |
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Also don't just think of the US there are teams in Israel, Puerto Rico, Chile, Brazil, Netherlands, Great Britain, and hopefully more next year. |
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WOW, this is what i wanted, but not at all what I expected. How do they expect me to wait until next year for this. Any one else excited about the FPGA possibilities? I hope we will be able to do the verlog an VHDL with out too much abstraction. I guess its time to roll out the grants and start writing.
Teaching this to the rest of the team and learning it my self is going to be a challenge more so then last year, I just hope I wont have to run build again this year. This could be a year where the programing makes or breaks it for teams. This system is going to up the cool factor when showing it off the companies, it just looks more cutting edge with the wires and stuff hanging out like they do. Did i say FPGA? FPGA |
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