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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?
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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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Last edited by skimoose : 06-06-2006 at 22:07.
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