http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pnw-first/files/IFI%20Co-processor/ The only part that is reasonably crisp are the first two sections: the discussion and the...
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Larry Barello
lbarello
May 9, 2003 5:08 pm
Just a follow-up on my activities w/regard to the meeting notes. 1.. Newport High School has been secured (with a handshake) for December 6th. 2.. A colorful...
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Larry Barello
lbarello
May 9, 2003 5:22 pm
I have been fiddling with it this morning. If you have some time, play with it and let me know what is confusing, ugly or broken, or, for that matter, what is...
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Eric Stokely
ericstokely
May 9, 2003 10:47 pm
Very cool As for your comment about the AVR based. I have no problem that way. I trust your judgement since I have no personnal experience with it at this...
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Larry Barello
lbarello
May 10, 2003 5:40 pm
I added FLL marketing & information documents to: www.wetoc.org/fll2003/download...
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Larry Barello
lbarello
May 12, 2003 4:54 pm
I updated the download section of FLL with a poster for FLL 2003. www.wetoc.org/fll2003/index.cfm?page=download.cfm The poster is formatted for 11x17 paper....
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Donna Lew
lewc5racer
May 12, 2003 6:35 pm
Just a heads up that Franklin H.S. Team #488 is sponsoring the FLL team at Aki Kurose Middle School - Seattle WA. Kathy Columbo (parent of a FHS XBOT alumni,...
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Larry Barello
lbarello
May 12, 2003 6:44 pm
Great news! It is hard to beat the mindstorms kit for cheap. When you register for an FLL team, you can order extra FLL kits. ... From: Donna Lew ... Seattle...
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Larry Barello
lbarello
May 12, 2003 9:58 pm
Hey, folks: there are still three rolls of carpet left over from the Regional, this spring. They need a home. Can any of the teams (Chief Sealth?) store...
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Juel Erickson
Juel.Kessler@...
May 12, 2003 10:17 pm
Folks, I have gotten the high school P.E. teachers to store the rolls of carpet there; we use it occasionally but they use it for some of their phys. ed...
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Kevin Reed
reedusfirst
May 13, 2003 6:38 am
I would like to add a list of all local teams and links to their web sites to the FIRST PNWR web site. This is a powerful recruiting tool and a natural ...
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Kevin Reed
reedusfirst
May 13, 2003 6:49 am
Great info on the poster Larry. My 2 cents... 1. I think you ought to add NASA and their logo to the poster. They have automatic name recognition, are big...
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Larry Barello
lbarello
May 13, 2003 7:45 am
Yah know, NASA doesn't appear anywhere on the FIRST supplied FLL material. I don't remember seeing them anywhere on the Oregon material as well. What I...
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Jim Wright
srs_jimwrigh...
May 22, 2003 6:36 am
Larry, I've worked out the cost to my class at $10.00 each. The first one will be covering the RC and OI. The second will cover the electrical system. The...
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Jim Wright
srs_jimwrigh...
May 23, 2003 6:13 am
Hello all, Words can not describe this: $2,000,000 from US Government* http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/portal.php -Jim PS Ok Ok, 'from', 'US' and...
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Jim Wright
srs_jimwrigh...
May 29, 2003 6:28 am
Hello all, I'm please to announce training sessions for F.I.R.S.T. mentors. The first training session will be held from 10:00am to 12:00 noon at my house on...
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Larry Barello
lbarello
May 29, 2003 2:25 pm
I updated the documents/downloads section with a sample team budget and a grant application form (for financial aid) I updated the "Getting involved" page with...
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Larry Barello
lbarello
Jun 1, 2003 11:54 pm
I have made some progress on the software front of the co-processor board. It turns out that if you are careful the IFI system can communicate with a...
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Eric Stokely
ericstokely
Jun 2, 2003 4:57 am
Looks fine so far I think spending the extra money on the chip for more flash is worth it In terms of what I see our teams needs in the future (keeping in mind...
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ronprovine
ronprovine@...
Jun 2, 2003 6:13 am
Larry, I agree with Eric's comments. I prefer 10-pin headers to DB-25. There are a number of surplus cables to bring the headers out to DB-25 plugs that are ...
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Jim Wright
srs_jimwrigh...
Jun 2, 2003 6:48 am
Larry, Oh very cool. My vote would be I2C data flash for logging, and DIP Switches for user input. My personal opinion would be an LCD panel would not be too...
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Larry Barello
lbarello
Jun 2, 2003 6:30 pm
I an torn between a nice general purpose board (like the MAVRIC or SBC128 - which are cheap) or a board tuned to the needs of the FIRST group. If the former,...
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Larry Barello
lbarello
Jun 2, 2003 6:40 pm
This was originally private email between me and Doug Leppard. I thought it might be useful to others thinking of getting started early since I am unlikely to...
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Doug Leppard
DougLeppard
Jun 2, 2003 7:17 pm
Larry, You are the master here and certainly are better qualified on the various details. It maybe hard to make up cables but compared to doing real autonomous...
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Eric Stokely
ericstokely
Jun 10, 2003 4:26 am
OK keeping in mind I can't find what I am teaching in class from day to day. Isn't there a workshop coming up? ALSO IFI announced at teh forums that they ARE...
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Larry Barello
lbarello
Jun 10, 2003 4:53 am
Even if IFI simply allowed direct access to the PIC chip with a boot loader that would be a huge improvement. There are decent C and Basic compilers available...
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Jim Wright
srs_jimwrigh...
Jun 10, 2003 6:41 am
Eric, Yes there is a workshop coming up on Saturday (the 14th) on the FIRST Robot Controller and Operator Interface, as well as a little bit of PBasic. This ...
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Doug Leppard
DougLeppard
Jun 10, 2003 10:34 am
What does this mean for the board moving ahead? My vote is to finish it and if a new board comes out then hopefully all that is needed to change is...
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Larry Barello
lbarello
Jun 10, 2003 7:10 pm
The S/W is done. I have not implemented the PID stuff, however. I have not started any hardware work - not even a schematic. That is all on hold for a month...
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Kevin Ross
kevinwross
Jun 11, 2003 4:11 pm
The 20ms cycle time can be easily fixed via a software change from IFI. The problem is that the SERIN command is serialized on date coming from the modem. They...
