FRC Nationals 2
0615Wake up
0630No, seriously, wake up.
0635Oh, man, breakfast.
0700Walk to Georgia World Congress Center Building C (pits)
0725Set up pit.
0900Fix autonomous code.
0910Fix autonomous code.
0930Fix autonomous code.
0945Fix autonomous code.
1130Fix autonomous code (with NI help)
1300Lunch
1330NI Presentation: PID Control in LabVIEW
1500NI Presentation: Vision Basics in LabVIEW
1530Talk to 1675, see new shiny things (Java-powered robots!) at 2010 FIRST booth
1630NI Presentation: cRIO Hardware Tricks
1700Put LabVIEW sticker on robot
1715All four of our cart's pneumatic wheels have broken inner tubes. Tried to track down new wheels. No success.
1915Dinner at CNN Center
1945Eight kids want to go back to hotel, I volunteer to take them. Am asked if I want another mentor to come back with; there are only eight kids. Am mystified.
1946Right, eight to these people is a lot.
1957Arrive at hotel, crash in bed with laptop, call customer support regarding processor order ("Yes, I do actually want to ship it to a different address than my billing one...yes, I live on-campus at college...yes, I ordered that product...yes, I want to reach through the phone and strangle you..."), call mom to say hello.
2142Seriously thinking about sleep, but will likely crash in an hour or so after team meeting.