Thread: ANNOUNCING: navX MXP Robotics Navigation Sensor
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Re: ANNOUNCING: navX MXP Robotics Navigation Sensor
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Originally Posted by lopsided98 View Post
It also looks like it can be connected over USB, which would make it even easier to mount it away from the roboRIO.
Connection over USB is definitely doable; but do note that the navX MXP RoboRIO I/O expansion capability is only accessible when navX MXP is connected via the MXP connector.

One interesting side note is that navX MXP can be connected *simultaneously* by both MXP connector AND USB. So you can access the navX MXP over the MXP Connector from your robot software and simultaneously monitor the navX MXP over the USB connector. There's a PC-based application called the navXMXPUI, more info on the Wiki (https://code.google.com/p/navx-mxp/wiki/navXMXPUI).

The navXMXPUI is really helpful to understand the full breadth of what the navX MXP can do, and should also help debug as you integrate the navX MXP into your robot.
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