NI CompactRIO Build a Better Robot

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Superior Performance Rugged Design Flexible Inputs and Outputs Advanced Control Easy to Program Build a Better Robot

Superior Performance

Rugged Design

Flexible Inputs and Outputs

Advanced Control

Easy to Program

Superior Performance Enhanced Processing 400MHz PowerPC industrial real time processor 64 MB DRAM memory, 128 MB flash storage Embedded for reliable, autonomous operation 802.11 Wireless Ethernet Dual 10/100 Mb/s Ethernet ports Programmatic communication over wireless network

Enhanced Processing

400MHz PowerPC industrial real time processor

64 MB DRAM memory, 128 MB flash storage

Embedded for reliable, autonomous operation

802.11 Wireless Ethernet

Dual 10/100 Mb/s Ethernet ports

Programmatic communication over wireless network

Superior Performance FPGA I/O Control Offloads I/O processing from controller processor No need for interrupts

FPGA I/O Control

Offloads I/O processing from controller processor

No need for interrupts

Rugged Design 11.3”x3.5”x2.3” 2.2 lbs 50G shock rating Integrated power distribution to I/O modules

11.3”x3.5”x2.3”

2.2 lbs

50G shock rating

Integrated power distribution to I/O modules

Flexible Inputs and Outputs More sensor choices More I/O lines Easy to connect Customizable I/O in future competitions

More sensor choices

More I/O lines

Easy to connect

Customizable I/O in future competitions

NI 9201 – Analog Input (x2) Flexible Inputs and Outputs NI 9403 – Digital I/O (x2) NI 9472 – Digital I/O 8 analog inputs ±10 V input range 32-channel digital I/O 5 V/TTL, sinking/sourcing digital I/O 8-channel digital I/O 6-36V output range

8 analog inputs

±10 V input range

32-channel digital I/O

5 V/TTL, sinking/sourcing digital I/O

8-channel digital I/O

6-36V output range

Advanced Control Intelligent robotics algorithms Developed with WPI Real-Time vision processing Acquire 15 frames per second Optical Character Recognition (OCR) Autonomous execution

Intelligent robotics algorithms

Developed with WPI

Real-Time vision processing

Acquire 15 frames per second

Optical Character Recognition (OCR)

Autonomous execution

Easy to Program Programmable in C and LabVIEW Wireless debugging Laptop dashboard

Programmable in C and LabVIEW

Wireless debugging

Laptop dashboard

NI LabVIEW Speak G Graphical programming language Go with the flow Dataflow programming Easy writin’ Easy to learn Powerful debugging tools

Speak G

Graphical programming language

Go with the flow

Dataflow programming

Easy writin’

Easy to learn

Powerful debugging tools

Program your robot Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 develop download deploy

C Programming for CompactRIO Wind River Workbench environment Parity between robotics libraries in C and LabVIEW Libraries will be open source

Wind River Workbench environment

Parity between robotics libraries in C and LabVIEW

Libraries will be open source

Ensuring Success ni.com/community/first Ask support questions Access training material and technical documentation Interact with other teams and mentors Join the NI FIRST Community online

ni.com/community/first

Ask support questions

Access training material and technical documentation

Interact with other teams and mentors

Superior Performance Rugged Design Flexible Inputs and Outputs Advanced Control Easy to Program Build a Better Robot

Superior Performance

Rugged Design

Flexible Inputs and Outputs

Advanced Control

Easy to Program