Copyright © 2012 BEST Robotics, Inc. All rights reserved. 1 BEST Software Options Greg Young William Polanco Saturday Apr 27, 2013

Software Providers Simulink easyCv4 for Cortex ROBOTC Solidworks, Inspirtech, HSMWorks Mathematica for Students Programming CAD/CAM Math

Simulink Benefits Simulink Benefits Simple Programming Interface - Graphical drag and drop - BEST library provided (basic & advanced models included) - Generates C-code using easyCv4 function library More Efficient Design Flow - Parallel development - No waiting for robot to be built Simulation and Debug - Test your program without hardware - What-if scenarios are easy - Interactive debug via realistic input (USB joystick) Advanced Functionality Conditional programming with StateFlow Textual program integration with MATLAB

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Simulink Access Simulink Access Why MathWorks? BEST Corporate Partner Use widely in industry and universities More than 5000 university/colleges all over the world Students will likely see MathWorks in their future Team Licensing 12 mo, 2 DVDs per team, open # seats, May Unique license key from teams (on DVD sleeve)

easyCv4 Benefits easyCv4 Benefits Block-based programming - Drag and drop function blocks into a program flow - Extensive library provided for VEX Teaches C-programming structure - Basic programming constructs & structure - Less prone to syntax errors Real-time interface to robot - Debug hardware components using direct control - Requires VEX programming h/w kit (orange cables) Limit S/W Debug Capabilities Feedback from robot program through terminal window Embed debug functions in the code (e.g., PrintToScreen)

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easyCv4 Access easyCv4 Access Considerations Requires unique VEX firmware download Intelitek offers a robotic curriculum using VEX Team Licensing 5mo, download, 3 seats, July Hub gets an allocation Hubs assign to teams Hub must enter license assignments in Dashboard

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RobotC Benefits RobotC Benefits Complete C Development Environment - Based on ANSI C programming language - Code, compile, debug, download Interactive Run-time debugger -Single step code, set breakpoints, read variables - Requires VEX programming h/w kit (orange cables) Interactive Run-time debugger ing/cprogramming.html

3D CAD Software 3D CAD Software What is It? - 3D mechanical design software - intuitive 3D CAD modeling, data validation, data management Benefits - Students learn about part modeling - Students learn to create and read drawings - Offers design validation through simulation - Allow students to develop a highly-desired industry skill BEST applications - BEST provides Solidworks produced field drawings & models - BEST provides Solidworks part models for many kit components - BEST provides a complete game field model (eDrawing)

3D CAD Software 3D CAD Software Team Licenses day license, download, full product license, May Single special access code provided to all BEST teams - Teams request the software through a web application form - Hubs only need to distribute web URL and access code

Solidworks Training Solidworks Training Benefits - Fundamentals of SolidWorks training - Companion video training, side-by-side training - Now is web accessible - Provides a path to SolidWorks certification for students! - Discounted pricing for teams off-season use Team Licensing - Online access, no more downloading required - 5+ month access - teams register through dedicated web form - Team is sent login information to access training - Hubs only need to distribute access information

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CAM (Tooling) S/W CAM (Tooling) S/W What is It? - Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM) - Generate cut instructions for your lathe or CNC - Cut out that wheel or gear on your CNC straight from your CAD tool Benefits - More and more teams have access to CNC and lathes -Tooling products fully integrated within SolidWorks - Works with any lathe or CNC milling machine - Simple to use (30 min): load model, select tool, cut it 2 Products available - HSMExpress (2 ½ axis tooling) (target tool for BEST team) - HSMWorks (3+ axis tooling) (upon request)

CAM (Tooling) S/W CAM (Tooling) S/W Team Licensing - HSMExpress – free hsmexpress.com - HSMWorks – full 3D package can be requested - Hubs do not need to be involved with licenses - Hubs only need to distribute access information

Mathematica Mathematica Benefits - Computation Tool - Highly useful for research and visualizations - Especially useful for technical document creation Team Licensing - 12 month, download, student only license - BEST provides web URL and access code - Students must watch a short screencast before downloading tml?KeepThis=true&TB_iframe=true&width=870&height=509

Hub Licenses MathWorks Simulink 12 mo, 1 DVD, open # seats, May Unique license key from teams (on DVD sleeve) easyC permanent, download, 3 seats see BRI Dashboard, Hub Tools, Licensing RobotC same as team license CAD/CAM (SolidWorks, HSMWorks, Inspirtech) same as team license

FAQ How/when does my hub get a copy? All hubs get hub copies of s/w upon hub creation or annually (depending on the s/w) Mathematica is provided for students only What’s my hub license key? Teams’ license keys? BRI Dashboard > Hub Tools > Licensing BE SURE you select “HUB licenses” or “TEAM licenses” Where can teams/hubs get support? BRI website > Participants > Resources Training videos, PPT, other technical docs, links to resources