New 2010 Video Tutorials Up on FRCMastery.com

[LVMastery]

I am proud to announce the launch of FRCMastery.com.

In 2009 we created Tip Jar Video Blogs, providing hints, tips and tricks for the FRC. In response to considerable positive feedback, we’ve taken the Tip Jar Videos a step further and created a whole new website dedicated to getting your robot up and running.

I’ll be adding new content and new videos regularly throughout the competition. Because I’d like the site to be as comprehensive as possible, I’m seeking video, code and idea contributions from participants, mentors and suppliers. Please email me at ben@enabletc.com if you or your team is interested in collaborating to help all teams build better, more efficient robots.

What you’ll find now at FRCMastery.com:

An Introduction to LabVIEW

• Introduction to Dashboard
• Introduction to Driver Station
• Running code from the Driver Station

LabVIEW Primer I

• Example Finder
• Opening Examples
• VIs: Front Panel and Block Diagrams
• Controls and Indicators
• Navigating the Project Screen
• Context Help
• SubVIs
• Wiring
• Data Flow

LabVIEW Primer II

• Duplicating Controls, Indicators and Functions
• Placing Functions and SubVIs
• Debugging VIs Using Execution Highlighting
• Wiring Techniques
• Clusters

FRC Walkthrough

• the Front Panel
• Robot Main Block Diagram
• Begin VI
• TeleOp VI
• Finish VI
• implement motors, actuators, sensors, etc…
• modify framework
• close motors, actuators, sensors, etc…

State Machines

• Loop Memory
• What state machines are
• How to draw and interpret a basic state diagram
• Creating typedefs for state machine data
• Creating enums to store the actual state
• How to write state machine code using the case structures

Ben Zimmer
-- LV Mastery Team