cRIO 2015 : NI roboRIO

[RoboMo786]

Yes this is true. At the Waterford district competition, I was able to see a test robot that 1718 made for the 2015 control system. I believe there's also a new PD board, and an extra smaller board for pneumatic solenoids.

[cgmv123]

Originally Posted by cxcad

Is that a new PD-board? looks smaller than the current one

Same WAGO connectors, but on a new board with CAN based monitoring.

[Gdeaver]

One down side to the new design is the elimination of the modules and break outs. We lost a digital side car a week ago on our practice bot. Cap on the voltage regulator was poped and no juice. We just swapped the digital IO module. On the new design we would have replaced the whole roborio. Big difference in cost.

[cgmv123]

Originally Posted by Gdeaver

One down side to the new design is the elimination of the modules and break outs. We lost a digital side car a week ago on our practice bot. Cap on the voltage regulator was poped and no juice. We just swapped the digital IO module. On the new design we would have replaced the whole roborio. Big difference in cost.

The roboRIO will be a lot more robust in that regard. It will be lot harder to fry any part of it.

[KevinG]

Originally Posted by cgmv123

The roboRIO will be a lot more robust in that regard. It will be lot harder to fry any part of it.

Challenge accepted!

[NotInControl]

Originally Posted by Gdeaver

One down side to the new design is the elimination of the modules and break outs. We lost a digital side car a week ago on our practice bot. Cap on the voltage regulator was poped and no juice. We just swapped the digital IO module. On the new design we would have replaced the whole roborio. Big difference in cost.

See This reply to a similar concern: http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...97#post1350597

[Joe Ross]

NI posted more info and CAD models. https://decibel.ni.com/content/docs/DOC-30419

[dellagd]

Any word on a display booth for the roboRIO being put up in St. Louis?

[RufflesRidge]

Originally Posted by dellagd

Any word on a display booth for the roboRIO being put up in St. Louis?

I haven't seen anything yet about a display, but the App shows a Q&A on the FRC Live Stage at 3PM on Thursday and 10AM on Friday.

[wilsonmw04]

This looks very impressive. reminds me a bit of the old IFI system, but with so many more ways of attaching, well, whatever you want!

Looking forward to finding out when we can get our hands on them.

[alex.lew]

Originally Posted by dellagd

Any word on a display booth for the roboRIO being put up in St. Louis?

There is a workshop scheduled for C++ and Java on the roboRIO: http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprogr...nd-conferences
Nothing listed for LabVIEW, but I'm sure the NI booth will have info.

Originally Posted by wilsonmw04

Looking forward to finding out when we can get our hands on them.

In the NI doc it says the roboRIO will be available for purchase in December, for ~$450

[cadandcookies]

Any way to tell NI that their Creo CAD file isn't compatible with student versions of Creo?

[Joel Glidden]

I left a comment on the roboRIO page about the CAD incompatibility.

[crake]

Originally Posted by cadandcookies

Any way to tell NI that their Creo CAD file isn't compatible with student versions of Creo?

You just did . I'll see what can be done. What version are teams using?

[cadandcookies]

Originally Posted by crake

You just did . I'll see what can be done. What version are teams using?

Creo Academic. The error message specifically is that the part was created with a commercial version of Creo and therefore won't work in the academic version. It's pretty easy to get around though, as a step file is included and Creo has no problem converting those. In fact, I'd almost say the STEP version is better, as it imports as an assembly with the pins as separate parts from the body, which is nice for doing wiring in Creo. Thanks! Can't wait to see the production model in person during the 2015 season!