[EHaskins]

First the VEX controller is almost the same as an edu controller it runs two 18f8720s and is programmable with mplab and IFI Loader. also the VEX controller is under $200 if bought separately from vexlabs.com.

what i wanted to do is run a second controller that could handle most of the sensor software. Part of the reason i want the sensors on a separate processor is so when IFI does update the robot controller i can leave all the sensor software and just write the new software for the master controller to interpret the serial signal from the VEX/EDU/Gumstix. I have considered the possibility of the master controller to power the VEX off one of the Digital Outputs and have the Main Processor be able to reset the VEX if it stops responding.

Edit: Jerry W if you would be able to e-mail me a copy of that code i would appreciate it. haskinseric@hotmail.com