Driver Station Usb

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Originally Posted by RyanCahoon

I'm still a little fuzzy on how you're planning on sending the data entered onto the touchscreen to the robot. If you're planning on sending it through the inputs on the DS, then yes you should be able to detect the game mode through the dashboard ethernet port and send the data at the appropriate times. My previously stated concern over the legality of having something attached as both a dashboard and controller would then still apply; not to overly discourage you.

i was thinking of using a digital potentiometer into the Driver station

Originally Posted by RyanCahoon

Just to clarify, though, you won't be able to send data back to the robot through the dashboard ethernet port (based on this year's rules/field setup), as the DS blocks all traffic besides the dashboard packets coming from the robot when it is in competition mode.

i wouldn't, what i was saying was that it could send the position through the analog in, and then be used as a dashboard for the rest of the match, so for 95% of the game its an output onto the screen

Originally Posted by RyanCahoon

I would also warn against trying t t know what the exact specification on the exposed power pins are, but I'd be surprised if you could draw much more than 150 mA, since they're intended to be used primarily for pullup sources or similar. That may be enough to power a microcontroller by itself, but the driver for your display alone is going to draw considerably more than that.

--Ryan

could the 5v lines be connected in parallel?