Draft KOP Checklist for Control System revealed

[Cory]

Originally Posted by Wetzel

Also, teams will be able to by one extra FRC cRIO bundle at better than education pricing, but the pricing on both of these "has not been announced yet."

Wetzel

I find it very frustrating that FIRST has not yet announced pricing of a second control system. We are quickly approaching the start of the season, and the cost of the controller will determine whether many teams are able to build practice robots or not.

[Wetzel]

Originally Posted by Cory

I find it very frustrating that FIRST has not yet announced pricing of a second control system. We are quickly approaching the start of the season, and the cost of the controller will determine whether many teams are able to build practice robots or not.

From the call, it seemed that they are down to figuring out distribution details. Teams will be allowed to buy 1 extra FRC cRIO set at a price substantially lower that the educational rate, and then will be able to buy more with the educational discount. They are working to ensure that only FRC teams are able to buy the cRIO at this price point, and that each team only gets one. If you can figure out the educational NI price, it will be less than that.

I know my team priced out the cRIO modules at cost from the NI website and has budgeted for a second one at that price while hoping it wouldn't cost that much. There are so many kids involved this year the lead mentors don't know what to do other than build two bots.

Wetzel