Programmers: I Have A Challenge For You

[Andrew Schreiber]

Originally Posted by davidthefat

I think he meant the time it takes to connect to the classmate and have full control of it. Usually our robot has a 10-15 second delay when the green light comes up on screen and when it actually has connection

Which is not at all what he said. In the future we should try to be more precise on what we mean especially when complaining about things.

[apalrd]

Clarification:

45 seconds is about the total time it takes from the time when power is applied until the time which the complete control system is ready to be enabled, assuming the Classmate is already running. So, not the boot time of the cRio itself, but the entire robot-end control system.

[Foster]

Originally Posted by Andrew Schreiber

Which is not at all what he said. In the future we should try to be more precise on what we mean especially when complaining about things.

You must be new around here

I'm a big fan of the "Stand on the Shoulders of Giants (tm)" I like to use other peoples ideas/products/code/etc. to get started. Once I have things in place that work I can start refining / optimizing small parts to make them better. I know that I can dig iron and coal out of a hill, but it does not mean that I want to make my own steel gears from scratch.

So from a few posts up. I would use the CMU camera and it's code. Once I understood how it worked, I would start changing sections out to make it better and better. While there are other platforms you can use, any of them are better than starting with:

main(){
}

as a starting point.

[Andrew Schreiber]

Originally Posted by Foster

You must be new around here

A man can dream can't he?

[ptan]

Originally Posted by Foster

You must be new around here

I'm a big fan of the "Stand on the Shoulders of Giants (tm)" I like to use other peoples ideas/products/code/etc. to get started.
...

Agreed.

As an Engineer, I can definitely state that in the Real World, you have to build on what other people have done. I don't see anything wrong with doing that in school or robotics competitions.

This reminds me of one of the Science Exhibits I once saw titled: Baking an Apple Pie from Scratch.

Step 1: Create the Universe
Step 2: Create Life on Earth
Step 3: Create Apple Trees
Step 4: ...

The point is, you have to start somewhere. Don't be too arrogant as to think that just because you didn't invent it, it is not useful.