MPLAB?

[987HighRoller]

We weren't given MPLAB in the kit, right? Does FIRST expect us to use easyC? Personally, I have no experience with easyC. Can you program just like you do in MPLAB, or are you limited to drag and drop?

Thanks!

[robogeek753]

Apparently you can now use actual text editing in EasyC (something I am very excited about!) No word on how to yet, haven't installed it :-(. I also don't know about MPLab, good question for the Q&A or related support from FIRST.

[artdutra04]

Apparently you can now use actual text editing in EasyC (something I am very excited about!) No word on how to yet, haven't installed it :-(. I also don't know about MPLab, good question for the Q&A or related support from FIRST.Yes, there is a text-editor in EasyC PRO; it was there last year as well.

Though if you like coding in a text editor environment, I would suggest downloading Eclipse and the WPILib toolchain. If you search these forums, you will find a variety of threads on these topics.

It's much faster to develop advanced coding using WPILib (http://users.wpi.edu/~bamiller/WPILib/); last year Team 228's robot used closed-loop feedback for every system on our robot using an accelerometer, two gyros, two encoders, and an IR range sensor. Using all these sensors, we also created a fully closed-loop autonomous mode to do drive-by scoring on the rack (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KR6daSCFjSM) - the only team in the nation to master not only scoring without stopping, but also while in autonomous.

[yoyodyne]

I think you should have gotten MPLAB. In our KOP it was on a CD clipped to the microchip clipboard.

Good luck,

Greg

[Cow Bell Solo]

We also recieved MPLab in our KOP's so that would be an item you might be a part missing if you have not found it

[tseres]

more specifically, MPLab is in the electrical components box. if you can't find it, last year's version is the same.