Introduction to 2015 Control System Experts: Kevin O’Connor, FRC Mike Copioli, Cross the Road Electronics Greg McKaskle, National Instruments Brad Miller, WPI Hosted By: Evan Morrison & Ty Tremblay, GameSense

2015 Control System Overview • • – – – – – – – Process Timeline RFP posted - 8/29/2012 Proposals submitted - 12/14/12 Proposal selection - 12/28/12 Public announcement of partners – Championship 2013 Controller announcement – NI Week 2013 (8/8/13) Alpha Testing (9 teams) – 10/2013 to 8/2014 Beta Testing (90 teams) – 8/2014 to 12/2014 – – – – Partners National Instruments Cross The Road Electronics WPI AndyMark

RoboRIO

• Based on NI myRIO – using FPGA for I/O tasks – Costs $435, weighs 12oz, fits in a quart zip-top bag – 4 to 10x faster, dual core ARM, NI RT Linux – Built-in CAN, Custom Electronics Port, USB • Fewer power and data cables • SW is highly compatible

Power Distribution Panel + VRM

• Comparison to PDB + 12v-15v Converter • New Features – CAN Monitoring • Known 2014 Issues Addressed

Power Distribution Panel (PDP)

Voltage Regulator Module (VRM)

Pneumatics Control Module (PCM) • Comparison to Solenoid Breakout • New Features • Known 2014 Issues Addressed

PCM

(Pneumatics Control Module)

Motor Controllers

• Victor SP • Talon SRX

Wireless & Network Configuration • Changes from 2014 – mDNS

Driver Station

• Resizable/Reconfigurable • DHCP & mDNS • Power Metrics • USB Device Test

LabVIEW

• Based on LabVIEW 2014 • Power & USB Camera • Robotics APIs and Simulator • Deploy doesn’t reboot • Record and Playback, Test Mode • Highly compatible with previous years

C++ and Java

• Development Environment Change – No more rebooting between tests • Toolchain Changes – C++11/C++1y, Java8 – FRCSim • Library Changes – CAN overhaul

Resources

• Beta Forum ( http://forums.usfirst.org/forumdisplay.php?1559 2015-FRC-Beta-Test ) • NI RoboRIO Page ( https://decibel.ni.com/content/docs/DOC-30419 ) • FRC Blog ( http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/frc/blog )