Nearly Officially Official: cRIO Control System To Be Reused

[Madison]

Originally Posted by Billfred

I didn't see a thread on the matter, so I figured this was worth starting one.

A quote from Bill Miller, FRC Director, on his blog:

Interesting questions are raised in the comments of the aforementioned post; only time will tell how they are answered.

It's good to see that this issue is going to get a little bit of traction. I've been curious about how reusing the control system will affect entry fees since it was announced.

It's also interesting to see how FIRST is trying spin this positively as, unless entry fees are drastically reduced, I don't see how this is good for many, many teams. Sure, we won't have to buy new Victors each year or similar, but that expense was far, far lesser than that of an entirely new control system.