This page contains links and information gathered by Dustin Maki; a FIRST VISTA and University of Memphis, Herff College of Engineering student. Dustin is tasked with building the capacity of FIRST programs. He is available via email, at Memphis FIRST events, and in the schools by request during team meetings. If you are interested in sponsoring a team, becoming a Mentor, are a team in need of a Mentor, or want to start a FIRST team in western Tennessee, Dustin can help.
On January 4th 2014 we held the Memphis area kickoff event at the University of Memphis Ballroom. Following the video feed and lunch there were several presentations to help teams over the upcoming build season. My presentation was entitled Java for FRC 2014. We covered the following topics:
http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/frc/blog-information-for-2014-the-what-when-where-and-how
http://thinktank.wpi.edu/Portal This site has good links for nearly everything a FIRST team will need
http://firstforge.wpi.edu/sf/sfmain/do/home Home for FIRST software development
2014 FRC software
http://first.wpi.edu/FRC/index.html includes several topics including:
http://first.wpi.edu/FRC/frc-mechanical.html
- chassis design
- drivetrain calculations
- arms and lifters
- collection systems
- pneumatics
- Most of these resources are also at http://thinktank.wpi.edu/Portal
Update Jaguar Firmware or use RS232 or CAN
Community
https://decibel.ni.com/content/community/academic/student_competitions
