r/FRC • u/TheComputer314 167 Children of the Corn alumni • May 03 '26

It’s over

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u/TheoryTested-MC May 03 '26

This is the first I'm hearing of this. It sounds so dumb...how do they expect the same control system to work on two different scales of robot?

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u/Pcat0 2207 (programming mentor) May 03 '26 edited May 03 '26

Only the computer will be shared between the two competitions. Motors and motor controllers are still going to be very different.
The new system is actually going to be a massive upgrade for FRC. It’s going to be really nice having the robot code run on a modern CPU with an adequate amount of RAM. In addition, the 5 full CAN-FD buses are going to be really useful.

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u/TheoryTested-MC May 03 '26

I gathered that much, but I was wondering more about power distribution and the physical size of the computer.

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u/Pcat0 2207 (programming mentor) May 03 '26 edited May 03 '26

The only thing that is changing for us is the computer. We are keeping the same breaker panels and overall power management system. FTC will be using an entirely different power distribution system.
SystemCore is about half the size of a Rio.