Electronics Video Tutorial Series Announcement

I’d love to watch your tutorial when it’s finished! Be sure to send it to me. Thanks.

What can you do with CAN that you can’t already do?

What language do you use? Are the C++ and Java implementations synchronous like the LV one, and if so, have you rewritten them so they work reliably?

How do you deal with failure?

These questions are important when thinking about CAN. There is a single point of failure, and the current libraries (at least in LV) do not handle failure gracefully at all. The cRio should be able to keep up with fast control loops. CAN also requires the Jaguars, which are physically the largest and less historically reliable season-tested controllers of recent history.

There are ups and downs. It’s not all flowers and unicorns, and it’s not a magic bullet like some people seem to embrace it as.

What is the text programing to the jumper in order to see the voltage in the computer drive station !! I need it in C++ language please.

You’ve done an excellent job!
I send them to my Team New Kids to make it eazy for them
thanks

No problem! Hope they can learn something.

Your videos are terrific! While this is technically our team’s third year, all the members of our electronics sub-team are rookies. These will be very helpful.
Thanks!
Ann

Great! Please spread these videos to any other teams who would find them useful.

If anyone has a recommendation as to what subject of tutorials I should work on next, please reply.:smiley:

AWESOME!

I highly recommended it to everyone I knew it applied to.

Thanks for spreading the series around!

bump

I believe that is all built into the infrastructure. In other words, you add the jumper to the Analaog breakout and the battery voltage will appear on the Driver Station.

Is there somewhere else I should distribute this?

If you want to learn about electronics these videos you should watch these.

Since I can’t edit my original post: We have updated the Power Distribution Board video to be consistent with the rules.

Bump (Cause we want the rookies to see this thread and take advantage of it, thanks) :smiley:

Great work!

Just an update: we finished the final kitbot electronics video. Hope it helps! :stuck_out_tongue:

Thanks!

(bump because this is the time many people are starting their electronics work)