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What’s New in LabVIEW FRC 2010

Doug Norman & Stephanie BriertyNational Instruments

January 8, 2010

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LabVIEW FRC 2010 Overview

• Install and licensing is easier• Auto Error Handling• More examples – with wiring diagrams• Getting Started Window• Project Wizards - templates• WPI Library palette

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LabVIEW FRC 2010 Install and Licensing

• Install LabVIEW FRC 2010 DVDs in kit• Download and install MANDATORY update from web

Link on Getting Started Window• Now one license for all NI software installed

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Auto Error Handling

• You can leave error terminals unwired• Errors will automatically get passed to Driver Station

See Diagnostics tab Clear errors View error log files

• Duplicate errors are filtered and removed

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More Examples

• Motor with Encoder• Accelerometer Angle• Potentiometer with DS• Joystick Button Latching• Servo

• Magnetic Encoder with Motor• Ultrasonic• Compressor with Cylinder• ADXL345 I2C Accelerometer• ADXL345 SPI Accelerometer

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Example Wiring Diagrams in ALL Examples

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Getting Started Window• View>>Getting Started Window…• Access

Examples Robot and Dashboard project wizards Help, Guides, etc.

• Prompts you to update your software

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Project Wizards

• Robot Project One architecture – easier for teams to help each other Will have some game specific code

• Dashboard Project Simplified – easier to edit Will have some game specific code

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WPI Robotics Library Improvements

• RefNum Registry Set and Get• Driver Station – Write User Message• Driver Station – Set Dashboard Data• Driver Station – Enhanced I/O

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RefNum Registry

• In most palettes• Register RefNum by name once• Get RefNum anywhere needed• Avoids error of reopening an

existing RefNum

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Using RefNum Registry Set and Get

• Set once using unique name (you pick)• Get multiple times in Teleop, Autonomous, etc.

using same unique name

Set in Begin.vi

Get in Teleop.vi

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Driver Station – Write User Message.vi

• Writes to User Messages control on Driver Station• Available last year, but didn’t get installed• Up to 6 lines, 21 characters per line• One line per instance

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Driver Station – Set Dashboard Data VIs

• Flatten data to string• Send data to dashboard• Select high or low priority

Set High Priority Dashboard Data.vi

Set Low Priority Dashboard Data.vi

High Priority > Errors > Low Priority

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Using the Set Dashboard Data VIs

• Note - only use one instance of each VI

Set by robot inBuild Dashboard Data.vi

Cluster of data for dashboard

Flatten To String

Read by dashboard inDashboard Main.vi

Receive DS Packet.vi

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Driver Station – Enhanced I/ODriver Station

Compatibility I/OEnhanced I/O

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Driver Station – Enhanced I/O

• Set/Get Digital I/O (16)• Set/Get Digital Out HC (2)• Get Analog Input (8)• Set/Get Analog Output (2)• Get Buttons (6)• Set/Get LEDs (8)

• Get Quadrature Encoders• Set/Get PWM Values (4)• Get Accelerometer (X,Y,Z)• Set/Get Digital Config• Get Touch Slider• Get Version Info

Note – don’t mix and match with Compatibility I/O

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Conclusions• Easier installation and activation• See live errors from robot• Get started faster with examples and wiring diagrams• Alerts for software updates• Improved templates• Expanded WPI Library palette

Questions?