Answered: College sensor with arduino for processing

[ratcateme]

7. There is NO restriction on sensors and additional electronics used for sensing and processing
   except as follows:
   a. Sensors and Electronics MUST be connected to the VEX Microcontroller, and can only be
   connected via any of the externally accessible ports.

My Teams interpretation of this rule was that we could use an arduino to interface sensors (that only have I2C) and do the processing, then report values back the Vex Microcontroller to do further calculations and set motor speeds.
However a recent forum post suggested this would be illegal as there interpretation was that ALL sensors had to plug into the Vex Microcontroller first.

Are we allowed to plug our I2C sensors into the arduino and not the Vex Microcontroller?

Thanks Scott.

[Karthik]

My Teams interpretation of this rule was that we could use an arduino to interface sensors (that only have I2C) and do the processing, then report values back the Vex Microcontroller to do further calculations and set motor speeds.
However a recent forum post suggested this would be illegal as there interpretation was that ALL sensors had to plug into the Vex Microcontroller first.

Are we allowed to plug our I2C sensors into the arduino and not the Vex Microcontroller?

Thanks Scott.

Please see this post for an updated clarification:

https://vexforum.com/showpost.php?p=166096&postcount=6