Philadelphia area

2010 FRC Control System training

Comcast's National Engineering and Technical Organization (NETO) is pleased to announce a training seminar for the 2010 FIRST Control systems. Working with local Philadelphia teams, Comcast is helping to get the Philadelphia area teams up to speed on new developments in the contol systems and to allow teams to help others by showing them what has worked for them in the past year.

Due to space limitations only 3 people from registered teams will be allowed to attend the software seminars. Read the information below and then go to the bottom of this page to register.

Contact Frank Larkin (pafwl@aol.com) or call 215-823-9593 if you have any additional questions.

Date: Saturday, Dec. 12, 2008
Time: 9:00am - 4:00pm (doors open at 8:30)

Location:
Guidewords LLC (rear of the Radnor Financial Center Building)
150 N Radnor Chester Rd
Radnor, PA 19087

On site directions:
Please go around to the rear of building "C". Refer to the Sat image below. Look for the 2010 Control System Seminar sign on the back door. This will be the only entrance as the build is locked for the weekend.

Train:
Guideworks is a short walk from the Radnor train station. Radnor is on the R5 Thorndale line. (up near railroad tracks in Google map to right, refer to the Sat image below)

Attendance:
Space is currently limited to 3 people per team. We may allow extra participants as we get a better idea of attendance. Please go to the bottom of this page to register.

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Proposed Agenda

8:30 - doors open

Morning Agenda:

9:00 -- Welcome - Frank Larkin - Comcast (FRC 272) Lansdale Catholic Robotics

Room 1 - New Java Code (presented by Jared Russell (341) )
9:00 -- 12:00 Review of new JAVA Implementation

Room 2 - Labview (presented by Robert Bellini Team 1712)
9:00 -- 12:00 Review Labview Implementation

Room 3 - C++ (presented by Frank Larkin 272)
9:00 -- 12:00 Review C++ Implementation

12:00 -- 1:00 Lunch -- Pizza (provided by Comcast)

1:00 pm - 4:00pm -- One or multiple Rooms 1/2 hour sessions -- "What Worked For Us" presented by various teams.

Room	Time	Topic	Presenter
		Writing Config and Telemetry Files to the CRIO	Frank Larkin (272)
		Getting Video from your CRIO to a computer display	Need speaker
		Getting maximum use from your C++ Compiler Flashing the code down vs. FIRST Download Debugging	Need speaker
		Autonomous code used to convert Servo Position values into Robot Drive	Robert P. Bellini, Paul Gehman Team 1712

We are looking for speakers. Please sumbit topics to Frank Larkin.
Topics must include web links for download of code.

What toBring

Pre Loaded Software:
We will not have time to load Labview or Wind River developmentsoftware on your PC as it can take a few hours.Please have the software loaded well before hand to ensure you can follow along.

2009 FRC ControlSystem Seminar in Philadelphia
Registration Form

Team Number......: 

Team Name........:

Attendee 1 Name..: 

Email 1..........:


Attendee 2 Name..: 

Email 2..........:


Attendee 3 Name..: 

Email 3..........:

Interests........: 

(C++, Labview, JAVA and topic you can present )