LabVIEW Robot Modeler / Simulation Kit for FRC Teams

[Danny Diaz]

Hey all.

I've gotten a lot of feedback on this topic, so I decided to address everyone at once. This tool is no longer being supported by anyone. This Simulation kit was designed as a Hardware In the Loop simulation environment for the IFI FRC Controller. The IFI FRC Controller is no longer being supported by FIRST in their competitions, all of the tutorials were not delivered (the 3rd tutorial has been effectively lost forever in the bit bucket in the sky), and the modeling environment is incomplete with respect to external hardware (i.e. camera, et. al.), and definitely requires a LOT of work still, so I have decided to stop supporting it. This kit DOES NOT support or work with or even come close to representing the cRIO controller nor its environment nor its theory of operation.

It is possible that a simulator will be created for the cRIO, but to my knowledge such a project has not been kicked off yet nor has it been funded nor has it been staffed nor have any of the details been worked out yet. As a mentor I completely understand and value the benefits of such a simulator, but the complexity is immense and the expectations of the FRC community are monumental; this is something that, if done, will need to be done right the first time - so, I cannot even begin to postulate when or if such an activity will be launched.

If you have any feedback, I would definitely love to hear it, at FRC [at] ni [dot] com. Otherwise, thanks for understanding. These tools as they currently are will soon be deleted.

-Danny