I would like to be able to program a Vex 0.5 Microcontroller using a wireless modem or Bluetooth module. Has anyone been able to connect it to an orange programming cable and have it work?

VEX sells wireless programming modules specifically for that purpose. [image] Programming Hardware Kit The Programming Hardware Kit provides a connection between your PC and a VEX microcontroller. When used with the VEX ARM® Cortex®-based Microcontroller, the programming cable allows th…

To be clear to get that to work with a PIC wirelessly your gonna need some more equipment PIC https://www.vexrobotics.com/276-2170.html This vexnet backpack that is certainly difficult to get your hands on. https://vexforum.com/index.php/attachment/56464da5476ef_IMG_1440.jpg Vexnet keys (probab…

Oh! I wanted to just use the orange cables… Thanks for pointing that out tabor473!

You do have a few more options depending on what you want to do. If you had a computer with Bluetooth per robot you could make a single simple program on the pic that always powers the motors at whatever value it gets over Bluetooth. Then the actual new program you write and modify every time would…

Yes, I will have to look into using Bluetooth. Right now I am using the serial ports. One problem that I have is not being able to read the serial port using Easy C Pro. The printf instruction works fine but getc or getch or getchar does not seem to work.

[image] GalaxyGhost: Yes, I will have to look into using Bluetooth. Right now I am using the serial ports. One problem that I have is not being able to read the serial port using Easy C Pro. The printf instruction works fine but getc or getch or getchar does not seem to work. For your use …

Not always, I am using the serial port to communicate with a Raspberry Pi 3 so that it can run autonomously.

[image] GalaxyGhost: Not always, I am using the serial port to communicate with a Raspberry Pi 3 so that it can run autonomously. I mean in that use case, you could just offload the work to the Raspi and just let the cortex act as a controller board (for your motor outputs and sensor inputs).…

[image] GalaxyGhost: Not always, I am using the serial port to communicate with a Raspberry Pi 3 so that it can run autonomously. O the PI makes it even easier. Ya just move the code writing to the PI and write a 1 off driver for the pic. You can wirelessly change the code running on the PI. …

Can a Vex 0.5 Microcontroller be programmed remotely?

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O the PI makes it even easier. Ya just move the code writing to the PI and write a 1 off driver for the pic. You can wirelessly change the code running on the PI.

I ran this project off a pi