**FIRST EMAIL**/2007 Kit of Parts Info

[Mark McLeod]

Greetings FRC Teams:

In response to numerous requests from teams and mentors, FIRST and some of our partners are offering certain components of the 2007 Kit of Parts early. Please read on and follow the links for more information.


National Instruments, a dedicated and valued supporter of FIRST, is expanding last year's LabVIEW and data acquisition pilot program to include all teams. All FRC event-registered teams are invited to apply. Selected teams will recieve the 8.20 full development system version of NI LabVIEW along with an NI 6009 USB data acquisition device (DAQ) before the 2007 Kickoff. Please click here for more information and to apply online: http://zone.ni.com/devzone/cda/tut/p/id/5440


intelitek is a committed supporter of FIRST and we're happy to have EasyC available for download to teams again this year. Any event-registered team interested in familiarizing themselves with this helpful programming tool is invited to download EasyC for FRC now. There are several tutorials in the Getting Started section of easyC's help file to familiarize teams with the software. In addition to the tutorials, intelitek has also developed a year-long robotics curriculum called Robotics Engineering Curriculum (REC). The REC curriculum, for a fee, teaches students the fundamentals of robotics. To find out more information please visit www.intelitek.com. Any easyC technical or licensing questions should be sent to support@intelitek.com. (link available in original email)


FIRST is proud to announce that FirstFuelCells.com is hosting a fuel cell pilot program for all event-registered FRC teams! The pilot, called Green Machine, will expose selected teams to hydrogen fuel cell technology. Event-registered FRC teams are invited to apply to participate in the program. Qualifying teams will recieve a fuel cell with which they're invited to experiment and consider various ways fuel cells can be applied inside and outside of FIRST applications. (Please note: flammable gasses, such as hydrogen, are not permitted in any of the event venues). For more information, please visit this website: http://www.firstfuelcells.com/competition_1.htm



Go Teams!