Programming the RCX with MPLab?

[Joe G.]

Originally Posted by XxMORTteam11xX

I was wondering if any of these are legal for teams to use for competitions. I hope so, that'd be pretty cool and a lot easier to use for my teams.

Unfortunatly, only RIS and ROBOLAB are legal for FLL use.

[Nathan]

I've never used Lego's products, but a word of advice. If you're the programmer for your team, and you want to practice developing code in an environment that parallels that of the actual FRC competition, get Vex.

The Vex controller/accessory's were designed I believe to be identical to the FRC kit of parts, except smaller and cheaper. Thus the controller is very similar to the FRC robot controller.

If you do decide to buy vex, and use it with MPLAB, download this: http://www.vexlabs.com/docs/vex-startup-code.zip . Some how that project is configured to work with Vex correctly, download it the first time, and save yourself heaps of trouble

[Akash Rastogi]

Originally Posted by EHaskins

If, as bear34rw stated, the only requirement is the original firmware, then NQC would be legal, since it uses the original firmware. The only issue is that last time I checked(2 years ago) they required the RIS or Robolab be used for the code handed in for judging.

I checked this last year also, and it does require you use Robolab =/. I shall check again.