Offboard coprocessor!

[Greg Marra]

Don't forget, those EDUBot controllers run pretty much the same hardware as the pre-06 RCs. They can be hooked up in parallel to your main RC to do some computations.

[Dave Flowerday]

Originally Posted by Greg Marra

Don't forget, those EDUBot controllers run pretty much the same hardware as the pre-06 RCs. They can be hooked up in parallel to your main RC to do some computations.

...except that the EDU-rc is illegal for use in FRC competitions, since it is a COTS electronic item costing more than $200.

[Greg Marra]

Originally Posted by Dave Flowerday

...except that the EDU-rc is illegal for use in FRC competitions, since it is a COTS electronic item costing more than $200.

Whoops. I take that back .

[Billfred]

So is there any way to hack a Vex controller? At $149.99, they're suddenly legal under every rule I could find (provided you powered them legally).

[devicenull]

Originally Posted by Billfred

So is there any way to hack a Vex controller? At $149.99, they're suddenly legal under every rule I could find (provided you powered them legally).

Sure.. it's basically the same code running on the normal RC.. but it's the 8520, so you aren't gaining that much power for what you would have to do to interface with it.