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Re: Using Vex Brain as FRC Coprocessor

6 sonar sensors? What are you going to do about all the reflections from them ? 1 sonar and a couple Sharp IR's on servos would be better. What about if other robots have sonar? Yes there is a serial sonar on the market now and it has a narrow cone of detection. The problem with the FRC is that it wasn't designed with a communications bus for coprocs or multiple intelligent sensors. The spi and i2c are not available. If in the future the complexity of First robots gets to the point where coprocs are needed then The controller is going to need a major over haul. From what I've seen most teams barely tap the power of the controller we have now.
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