Anyone else using VEX for non-competition stuff?

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You should check out this thread, starting here about what the new V2 IQ brain can do.

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I think you need to separate competitive advantage from overall user experience. Motors are the same, most sensors are the same, so a typical small student program will work pretty much the same way. But we have built in IMU and built in radio. We have ability to store more programs that can have more advanced capability. We have double the number of I2C busses that connect to the sensors and motors, and they have better recovery mechanisms so no more “I2C error detected” messages that need…

The biggest stumbling block for me is connecting motors. Arduinos need motor boards. Most of them are only good for 1 AMP without being hugely expensive. VEX IQ has been a problem in the past because of the way I2C was set up. This seems to have gotten turned around with the new brain.

Now the next stumbling block is the wonky RJ connector. Finding them and crimp tools is hard. It would be nice if VEX would sell packs of the connectors.