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Originally Posted by Qbranch
Easy C is very limited... i'd suggest making the jump to light speed... eh ... i mean Microchip C...
If you need any help just hit me up.
-Q
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I would have to disagree with you on your point. EasyC is not limited in what it can do, in my opinion. Team 40's robot uses a mecanum drivetrain with a PID loop to lock on to the target light and shoot automaticaly, all of this with EasyC and without having to resort to using the custom code blocks. The user code blocks makes it easy for anyone with a lot of experience (which it seems the original poster does not have) to add the code that they want.
Indeed, it does become cumbersome for an experienced programmer to insert his/her custom code, but in reality EasyC was not designed with the experienced programmer in mind. It was meant to be used as a way to quickly make a program for your robot and to help teach those with less experience how to program. I know for a fact that a number of young FIRST'ers who had no experience in programming were able to make very complex autonomous programs using a number of sensors within a few days at a day camp. I also know of several teams who were able to get their FRC robots to track the green light and shoot into the goal in autonomous with only one day of training with EasyC.
FIRST put EasyC in the kit for one reason, and MPLAB for another. I guess what I'm trying to say is that one should not look at the picture as black and white (MPLAB or EasyC), but should instead look at the merits of both systems and use them to their strengths. Not everyone can go from zero to Ludicrous speed in one step.