Teach me?

[dtengineering]

Do you have access to a VEX system? The VEX robots can be programmed using "C" and MPLAB and are much easier to take home to work on (and pick up when they decide to start smashing into everything because of a bug in the code.)

I have found that my students have had good success teaching themselves to program VEX and FRC machines using the tutorials and assistance available on CD and by... gasp... reading the manuals.

It is kind of dry, but if you stick with it, you should have some killer auto modes by March. Best of all, perhaps, with your experience as a driver you should be able to develop drive control code that makes your robot respond really well in telop mode as well.

Jason

[AdamHeard]

Originally Posted by dtengineering

Do you have access to a VEX system? The VEX robots can be programmed using "C" and MPLAB and are much easier to take home to work on (and pick up when they decide to start smashing into everything because of a bug in the code.)

I have found that my students have had good success teaching themselves to program VEX and FRC machines using the tutorials and assistance available on CD and by... gasp... reading the manuals.

It is kind of dry, but if you stick with it, you should have some killer auto modes by March. Best of all, perhaps, with your experience as a driver you should be able to develop drive control code that makes your robot respond really well in telop mode as well.

Jason

Yeah, building a sqaurebot with encoders on the drive, an ultrasonic sensor, Ir sensors, line followers, and maybe even touch sensors would keep you happy for a long time.

I personally would wire up teh KOP gyro to a squarebot and put encoders on the drive to try to make some decent autonomous drive functions.

I've found if you give yourself a project you want to do, you'll learn better than if you're just trying to learn.

[Roger]

Can you guys point me in the right direction to do VEX with MPLAB? Is it the same MPLAB as the FRC robots but with VEX-specific code? I actually had some project ideas for the VEX and, yes, I could be using EasyC but... Well, we'll leave that debate alone.

[AdamHeard]

Originally Posted by Roger

Can you guys point me in the right direction to do VEX with MPLAB? Is it the same MPLAB as the FRC robots but with VEX-specific code? I actually had some project ideas for the VEX and, yes, I could be using EasyC but... Well, we'll leave that debate alone.

start here;
http://www.vexlabs.com/vex-robotics-downloads.shtml