guidance for coaches

[Shivang1923]

With programming you need knowledge of the electronics to understand exactly where each signal goes. You know that you can only control the cRIO and so you need to know how and where everything works/is (like how a sensor works. Does it send an analog or digital signal? Things like that)

For my team, we group the programming and electrical teams together. You can't be a programmer without being an electrician.

As for what to expect: like eagle said. Simple first, and then get more and more complex. Just remember that with the controls that safety is the number one priority. Last year we had to program an all-stop for our roller mechanism in case of problems. We had to make an exception to the simple rule and my coach wasn't satisfied until we could keep the same functionality with an all-stop button.