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This Wiki contains procedural documentation for the Girls of Steel FRC programmers.

Setup:

• Upgrading Firmware and Setting Up Electronics

  A checklist of steps to upgrade the firmware on the FRC electronics, set up the Wi-Fi radio, and program the CAN motor controllers.

• Programming Environment Set Up

  Summarizes the FIRST "Getting Started" documents and then provides the extra steps specific to our team

• Software Installers Kept on USB Drive

  Itemizes the software installers required for FRC programming that we cache on a USB drive. Includes version numbers and links to download/check for new releases.

• Team Laptop Setup

  Installing Windows, Firefox, etc. on a team laptop

• Changing the Team Number

  Steps needed to change between the official team number and an alternate number used during summer camps

FRC Programming Help:

• FRC API

  All the Javadocs for the WPI libraries used in FRC code

• Debug mode

  Using debug mode in Eclipse to debug (especially robot problems, but really anything)

• Camera and Vision Processing

  Notes on using computer vision to locate the reflective game markers

Electronics Hardware:

• Status Light Quick Reference

  What do all those blinky lights really mean? Find out here.

• Help with NavX board -- gyro

Git

• How to Write Commit Messages

  The information needed when committing code.

• Handy git flow chart

  How to use git from Eclipse.

• What's going on with git?

  What's the story with all those magic keywords?

• Branches for parallel changes

  Using branches for parallel changes that aren't ready to integrate into the main project

• Problems, symptoms, and solutions

  A page for problems you might run into, how to diagnose them, and how to solve them. NOTE: ADD NEW ERROR MESSAGES WHEN YOU HAVE THEM.