Virtual Driver Station

[Daniel_LaFleur]

Originally Posted by Dave Flowerday

C++. One of my goals was to have a stand-alone, small .exe that didn't need any extra DLLs or other junk with it, so that it can easily be run from a USB stick or whatever. I considered Python but honestly all the bit-manipulation is easier done in C anyway.

For those interested, here's some of the things I'm working on to improve it:
- GUI to set DS digital inputs
- GUI sliders to set value of DS analog inputs
- Display of DS digital outputs
- Prompt for team # at startup so you don't need to provide it as a program argument
- Map real joysticks to DS USB ports
- Virtual joystick support (a joystick widget that can be manipulated on-screen via mouse)
- Ability to run without needing to change your Ethernet IP address settings (I prefer to just leave my Ethernet port on DHCP)
- Adding an RC simulator (already have a basic version of this since it's hard to find time to test with the actual robot)
- Properly emulate DS's ability to randomly stop working when it detects static charge in the air (just kidding)

Could you add a virtual e-stop (just in case) and a watchdog (in case windows decides to not talk to the virtual DS)?