NI FIRST Robotics Controller Training

NI CompactRIO Build a Better Robot

Power Distribution CompactRIO Controller Wireless Access Pt Digital Sidecar

? Your 2009 FRC Robot

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

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

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

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

Advanced Control
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

NI LabVIEW
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

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

Rugged Design
Advanced Control
Easy to Program
Build a Better Robot

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NI FIRST Robotics Controller Training

by NI FIRST on Apr 16, 2008

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