Dashboard?

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Posted by Jordan McNerney at 1/8/2001 7:24 PM EST


Student on team #166, Techno Insanity, from Merrimack High School and Texas Instruments and R.S. Machines.



My team and I would like to put together a fairly conprehensive dashboard system to be run on a laptop during competition. How should we go about doing this?

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Posted by Matt Leese at 1/8/2001 8:22 PM EST


Other on team #73 from Edison Technical HS and Alstom & Rochester Institute of Technology.


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Posted by Jordan McNerney on 1/8/2001 7:24 PM EST:



: My team and I would like to put together a fairly conprehensive dashboard system to be run on a laptop during competition. How should we go about doing this?

Well, it depends what you want to do with the Dashboard. Most people found the Dashboard fairly useless last year. I have some C/C++ code that will read from the Dashboard and it's available at the link below. If you want to write your own from scratch you can use the documentation provided on the InnovationFIRST web site.

Matt

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Posted by Nate Smith at 1/9/2001 4:37 PM EST


Other on team #66, GM Powertrain/Willow Run HS, from Eastern Michigan University and GM Powertrain.


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Posted by Matt Leese on 1/8/2001 8:22 PM EST:



: : My team and I would like to put together a fairly conprehensive dashboard system to be run on a laptop during competition. How should we go about doing this?

: Well, it depends what you want to do with the Dashboard. Most people found the Dashboard fairly useless last year. I have some C/C++ code that will read from the Dashboard and it's available at the link below. If you want to write your own from scratch you can use the documentation provided on the InnovationFIRST web site.

: Matt

Also, I am working on a new version of my Dashboard Decoder OCX, based on the new specifications that I recieved from Innovation First in New Hampshire this past weekend. More information will be coming after I get it tested...

Nate

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Posted by Jon - T190 at 1/12/2001 1:34 AM EST


Engineer on team #190, Gompei, from Mass Academy of Math and Science and Worcester Polytechnic Institute.


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Posted by Matt Leese on 1/8/2001 8:22 PM EST:



We've also pondered this... our scouts and strategists are going crazy with their calculating and whatnot, but they've suggested using the readouts from the dashboard to assist a digital playbook for the mentors

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: Well, it depends what you want to do with the Dashboard. Most people found the Dashboard fairly useless last year. I have some C/C++ code that will read from the Dashboard and it's available at the link below. If you want to write your own from scratch you can use the documentation provided on the InnovationFIRST web site.

: Matt