New Vex Microcontroller announced

[Andrew Schuetze]

The QWERK programming / development environment two years ago was very appealing but not anywhere near the level of student readiness for the likes of FTC / FRC / Botball teams. Two different working groups at CMU work on the QWERK and RobotC. I've not seen a release of RobotC that make the QWERK something that high school students can readily use.

Get that part done and then I am ready to jump in with both feet to replace FTC or VEX with this controller.

APS

[lynca]

Originally Posted by Rick TYler

All I know for sure is that the new Vex controller will be shown off in the new Vex college division competition at the World Championships in Dallas starting April 30. I would not be surprised if IFI used Worlds as the official launch event for the new controller system and several other new parts.

Only the VEX 802.11 wireless (aka VexNet) and power expander will be shown off at the college level. The Qwerk Vex controller will most likely be announced at Championship so stay tuned !

[ChuckDickerson]

Originally Posted by Rick TYler

All I know for sure is that the new Vex controller will be shown off in the new Vex college division competition at the World Championships in Dallas starting April 30. I would not be surprised if IFI used Worlds as the official launch event for the new controller system and several other new parts.

Now the the VEX World Championships are over of has anyone heard anything new on the Qwerk based VEX controller? It has been over a year since the Innovation First press release and even though I have searched and searched I can find no new information about or even a hint when the Qwerk based VEX controller may be released. I sure could use some info on what it will and won't have compared to the old Qwerk controller.

[Dave Flowerday]

Originally Posted by DeepWater

Now the the VEX World Championships are over of has anyone heard anything new on the Qwerk based VEX controller? It has been over a year since the Innovation First press release and even though I have searched and searched I can find no new information about or even a hint when the Qwerk based VEX controller may be released. I sure could use some info on what it will and won't have compared to the old Qwerk controller.

It was shown off at the VEX Store at the World Championship last week - it's now known as VEX Pro.

Here's a picture (not the greatest):
http://www.vexforum.com/gallery/show...s&cutoffdate=5

I didn't hear anything about availability and price, but after talking with the IFI guys about its capabilities and what they're planning it should be really cool. Looking forward to getting one myself.

[ChuckDickerson]

Thanks for the photo Dave. Can you share any tidbits about the capabilities you got from the IFI guys? I can't make out any text on the connections near the white bar holder looking things in the photo. I assume they are header pin type connectors like on the old VEX but the white bars are similar to the nasty blue locking tabs on the digital sidecar and analog and solenoid breakout bumpers we used this year? Got anything on the number of analog, digital, etc. I/O? Does it have dedicated quadrature encoder inputs like the old Qwerk? For reference, how does it compare to the old Qwerk: http://www.charmedlabs.com/index.php...ask=view&id=29