cRIO-FRC Training Video: WPI Library Overview

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FEEDBACK:
Is this robotics programming guide for the FIRST robotics competition publicly available yet?

"The analog trigger can be used to convert an analog signal to a digital signal". Honestly, this baffles me. Can we now deal with true analog signals on the block diagram? How is this different from the functions on the Comparison sub-pallette?

"The VIs on [the I/O] pallette are meant to be used for low-level applications, where you are using custom sensors, actuators, or motors." Can we now use custom motors? "Use the VIs in [the PWM] pallette when you're using custom motor controllers or servos." Are they custom motors, custom controllers, or both?

"The driver station VIs can receive, interpret, and display both the analog and digital data from your various sensors and joysticks." What are the datatype limitations? What is the data throughput? (typical, maximum, minimum, and what variables influence it)

"Use the joystick VIs to get information about one or more of the Joysticks you connect to the driver station." Again, what type of data is accepted? Could I connect USB tablet or touch-screen and use that? Can data be sent back to the joysticks?

"You can use the camera VIs to acquire images with the AXIS camera." Is there a 'cache' to store previous pictures? Do the VIs acquire images at up to (and no greater than) 30 times a second? Does it store the images with a timestamp?


Thanks!