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Re: Attaching the CMUcam to the Vex controller

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Originally Posted by Matt Krass
Instead of dealing with the driver chip and going from RS-232 to TTL (and dealing with intermittent and loose connections) why not use the camera's built on TTL port straight to the Vex controller?
You can, but TTL is not reliable for other than short runs. Serial data can be transmitted further and more reliably. Whether you change signal levels or not, a loose connection is a loose connection.
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