Programming Software

CoreChart^™FR for FIRST Robotics

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CoreChartFR Free Trial - full version 30 day trial ( 12.5Mb ) for FRC, Mini and VEX Robotics Controllers.

CoreChartFR Programming with Timing and Structure ( 341k pdf )

CoreChartFR Reference Manual for FRC, Mini and VEX ( 286k pdf )

CoreChart^™FR is a flowchart like Graphical Icon Assembler designed for the popular FIRST Robotics Competition robotics controllers. Based on CoreChart Professional it simplifies the programming of the PIC18F8520 chips in the Innovation First Inc robotic controllers used by the competition. CoreChart underpins the highly successful University High School Industry Robotic Peer Mentoring Program for microchip Innovation Skills development.

The FIRST ROBOTICS Competition is an exciting multi-nation competition whereby teams of mentor professional engineers, university students and high school students come together to solve an engineering design problem in a fun, intense and competitive way.

The competitions are high-tech events involving robots programmed by each team, and promotes brainstorming, real-world team work, dedicated mentoring, project deadlines and stimulates interest in the Engineering discipline.

In 2005, the competition will reach 73,000 high school students in 19 countries, and is constantly expanding.

CoreChartFR Graphical Assembler significantly minimises syntax errors and maintains machine level flexibility , code size and execution speed. As the program is constructed documentation is done simultaneously to encourage top-down programming with comments at every level.