EasyC EDU BOT support?

[Skute327]

I also have an edu controller and would be very interested in getting easyc for the edu.

[Kingofl337]

Chris you can use all the features of FRC in Vex mode in easyC Pro. The only limitation is you can't load FRC projects directly into a VEX controller.

There are three reasons for this, the I/O on the vex robot is shared where its independent on the FRC robot. 2.) The FRC Controller uses an OI where the Vex has the Remote Control. 3. The FRC projects can be up to 128k where the Vex Projects are limited to 32k.

Right now if you want to write a program on a Vex Controller and move it to FRC or vice versa you can convert the blocks to "C" code and then import them into another project. You would then be able to call the functions in user code. This process is detailed in the help file. While this is more difficult then the normal drag and drop we expect users attempting to do this to have a little higher skill level. Maybe in the future you will be able to import block "User Functions" but if you do you will have to remap the controls. I don't know if a day will come when you will be able to directly open a FRC project and load it into a Vex controller.

If Brad writes a version of WPILB for the EDU controller it wouldn't very far fetched to see in a version of easyC with EDU Support. It would probably be cross compatible with Vex controller like the FRC version can do with the 04/05 controllers.

[mluckham]

I would vote for EDU support in EasyC also. It's nice that the EDU, plus 2005 through 2007 RCs all use essentially the same platform. It allows more programmers access to programming resources, each year, without having to purchase more equipment.

Having said that of course, time marches on and new hardware often has more benefits. The combination of EasyC plus WPIlib provides sufficient level of abstraction that should not really matter which controller the code is ultimately loaded into.

[BradAMiller]

Originally Posted by Kingofl337

If Brad writes a version of WPILB for the EDU controller it wouldn't very far fetched to see in a version of easyC with EDU Support. It would probably be cross compatible with Vex controller like the FRC version can do with the 04/05 controllers.

OK... I'll take a look at it over the next few days, but it won't guarantee that it will work with easyC. Intelitek will have to do some modifications for the controller to be completely supported.

WPILib by itself (with MPLab) would work with no problem.

[SamC]

Has anything happened with this issue since it was first brought up? Or is it just too complicated and not useful enough to be incorporated into EasyC Pro?

[Kingofl337]

I think Brad has been very busy with WPI's new robotics course. I'm sure he will let us know if he updates it .

Stay tuned for the 2008 KOP copy of easyC when we program robots for the Kite/Water Game/8LBS robtos in 08.