What I learned and used in LabVIEW through FIRST robotics. This includes executable VIs, hints, and papers from others from the FIRST communitythat helped me to make clever Driver Station stuff.
Forgetting to turn on an FTC robot’s battery, or accidentally letting the battery voltage get too low is a huge fear of mine. So I created a LabVIEW VI that can be used to read the battery voltage.
Using encoders with the new FTC Hitechnic Motor Controllers and LabVIEW can be tricky. This document describes some of the tricks and traps associated with the LabVIEW interface, and shows some examples of how to use them sucessfully.
Written in a couple of hours using LabView 6.1, this shows what can be done very quickly with LabView from National Instruments (www.ni.com). It would take quite a bit longer in VB or VC++, plus this will also run under Linux, Mac OS X and Solaris (Sun).
I am a big fan of community building exercises. And harassing my friends. - Amanda Morrison [more] 
