Little Blue Box.. New CRio???

[JohnFogarty]

Ok, i'm a sophmore and last year's CRio was a large white module. This year i opened the kit and i found a small board that looked sorta like the main circuit board is that really the new CRio?

[jhersh]

Originally Posted by John_1102

Ok, i'm a sophmore and last year's CRio was a large white module. This year i opened the kit and i found a small board that looked sorta like the main circuit board is that really the new CRio?

Wow... This is a really confusing post... but I guess that's an indication of how confused you are.

Only Rookie teams received a new cRIO in their kit. See here. Veterans are expected to reuse the cRIO and several other key components from year to year.

The cRIO is not white... it's gun metal grey. It has those blue and grey modules that plug into it. I can't think of any large white module last year.

I believe what you found in your kit (if it came in a white plastic case) is a Cypress First Touch Kit 003. This device is expected to be plugged into the classmate Driver Station to provide I/O to knobs or buttons, etc that your team uses on a custom driver console.

-Joe

[Zholl]

If it helps at all, there's a picture of the cRIO and several modules on this page.

[JohnFogarty]

i firgued it out..hah the box i was refering to was one of the digital sidecars. Got it going now. Though i dont quite understand the breadboard yet. I have an even better question now are the XBOX 360 controllers compatible again??

[jhersh]

Originally Posted by John_1102

Though i dont quite understand the breadboard yet.

The breadboard is just there to provide the some prototyping space for wiring to the Cypress FTK3.

Originally Posted by John_1102

I have an even better question now are the XBOX 360 controllers compatible again??

Just install the XBox controller drivers in the developer account.

[RoboMaster]

Originally Posted by jhersh

Just install the XBox controller drivers in the developer account.

Oh really, this works now?! Great, a lot of people will be happy about that! And this makes sense because you can do that with the Classmate. So, is that all that needs to be done? Have you tried this? How do you know that there's not any more interfacing you need to do? Will it work for the WPI joystick libraries?

[Chris is me]

I've heard wired Xbox 360 controllers can be used. I personally am not a fan of them as the joysticks do not return to exactly the center when released, so you'd have to program in a deadband for the joysticks, decreasing your range of motion. I would recommend a Logitech gamepad if you go that route.

[JohnFogarty]

Originally Posted by Chris is me

I've heard wired Xbox 360 controllers can be used. I personally am not a fan of them as the joysticks do not return to exactly the center when released, so you'd have to program in a deadband for the joysticks, decreasing your range of motion. I would recommend a Logitech gamepad if you go that route.

we have extra's from FTC which i could use

[RoboMaster]

Yeah, we've used a Logitech one in the past. Very simple and down to earth, works great. Xbox controlers look cooler though We'll have to weigh our options.

Thanks again!