Building an Inverted Pendulum System The Ups and Downs of Defying Gravity…

I found out that it is going to take a while to fix the sbRIO board, so I didn’t think anything would happen on the project in December.  Yesterday I found out that I will be using a cRIO chassis for another project and can borrow it for my pendulum until the project is completed.  That should give me a cRIO chassis for a month or two.  I called NI and asked them to loan me the 9505 and 9411 modules.  Today I was told they are in the mail, so as soon as the cRIO chassis comes in I can start controlling the pendulum.  Now I just need to wrap up the construction.  If I can get this running before Christmas, that would give me a fun toy to play with during the break.