gpvillamil
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The official word is that the EP is not actually compatible with the S1.
It seems that the EP/Standard is similar to the S1, it has a blaster but also a lot more sensors (IR distance over the camera and on the four corners of a base plate). The EP/Engineer has the arm + all the sensors. The EP/Sentry as shown in the video has a bunch of extra stuff, I saw a humidity and a gas sensor on it. That implies some kind of sensor expansion module, maybe an ADC that communicates over CAN bus.
The incompatibility is odd, given that the S1 does have all the extra ports and attachment points, including the mysterious red M0 port. Looking at the pictures, it seems like the IR sensor over the camera can plug into the unused CAN bus port on the gimbal, and maybe the four corner sensors plug into the unused ports on the hit detectors.
It is possible that the processor on the EP has been upgraded substantially with respect to the S1. Though as Bruno points out, swapping out the Intelligent Controller would be easy...
At least I hope that the S1 can participate in the same competitions as the EP. |
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