Hello,For those of you that don’t know me my name is Mark Balla. I am an avid LabVIEW user and a FIRST mentor and supporter since 2006. I have a long history with National Instruments (NI) the producers of the FIRST controls system and LabVIEW. NI has created a free four-hour hands-on training to prepare mentors for the upcoming FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC). Tecnova has been allowed to host the training at our Waukegan office next Monday December 3rdPlease note that this training is geared specifically for mentors, not students. This is a hands on session so FRC controllers and supporting hardware will be provided by National Instruments. In this seminar, an NI engineer will cover the following:An overview of FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology), FRC, and the FRC control systemSoftware development fundamentals—how to coach students to implement flow charts or state transition diagrams to solve control applicationsIntroduction to NI LabVIEW system design software, dataflow programming, and common programming structures used in FRC code templatesProgramming an FRC robot—explore and program the robots using the FRC functions and VIs Session Options: Monday, December 3rd Tecnova2383 N Delaney Rd.Waukegan Il, 60087 Session 1: 12:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m Session 2: 4:30 p.m – 8:30 p.m. To register please contact mballa@tecnova.comPlease respond by 4pm Friday November 30thSeats are limited and the late session is likely to fill up quickly so if you are able please consider attending the early session.Additional Materials for Teams and Mentors:FRC LabVIEW Mentor Training PresentationFRC LabVIEW Training Hands-on ManualNI FIRST Robotics ChannelNI Community for FIRSTFRC Tutorials and Training for TeamsIf you know anyone involved with the FRC program who would be interested please forward this email to them.Hope to see you at the trainingMark

Chicago LabVIEW User Group

FRC Mentor Training Monday December 3rd in Waukegan Il.

Hello,

For those of you that don’t know me my name is Mark Balla.

I am an avid LabVIEW user and a FIRST mentor and supporter since 2006. I have a long history with National Instruments (NI) the producers of the FIRST controls system and LabVIEW.

NI has created a free four-hour hands-on training to prepare mentors for the upcoming FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC). Tecnova has been allowed to host the training at our Waukegan office next Monday December 3rd

Please note that this training is geared specifically for mentors, not students. This is a hands on session so FRC controllers and supporting hardware will be provided by National Instruments.

In this seminar, an NI engineer will cover the following:

An overview of FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology), FRC, and the FRC control system
Software development fundamentals—how to coach students to implement flow charts or state transition diagrams to solve control applications
Introduction to NI LabVIEW system design software, dataflow programming, and common programming structures used in FRC code templates
Programming an FRC robot—explore and program the robots using the FRC functions and VIs

Session Options:

Monday, December 3^rd

Tecnova

2383 N Delaney Rd.

Waukegan Il, 60087

Session 1: 12:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m
Session 2: 4:30 p.m – 8:30 p.m.

To register please contact

mballa@tecnova.com

Please respond by 4pm Friday November 30^th

Seats are limited and the late session is likely to fill up quickly so if you are able please consider attending the early session.

Additional Materials for Teams and Mentors:

If you know anyone involved with the FRC program who would be interested please forward this email to them.

Hope to see you at the training