Hey, so i was wondering if there was any possible way to bridge two VEX cortexs. Im running low on motor ports so I’d like to be able to bridge the two and see to it that they are semi-secure. Thanks.

Have you looked at using y cables ? I don’t know of any official methods to connect them, but you could communicate by wiring a digital out from one to a digital in from the other. Would need a good bit of programming to do some more complex things with it.

you are only allowed 10 motors normally and hydraulics or 12 motors without hydralics

D@@w50m30n3: you are only allowed 10 motors normally and hydraulics or 12 motors without hydralics pneumatics. Little bit of difference, but if you used hydraulics and it leaked, then theres gonna be a big difference in your bank account

D@@w50m30n3: you are only allowed 10 motors normally and hydraulics or 12 motors without hydralics I’m not talking about competition.

[image] Cryllus: I’m not talking about competition. So you can send messages back and forth with UART fairly easily.

[image] tabor473: So you can send messages back and forth with UART fairly easily. Any idea how to connect Uart and how to program it?

[image] Cryllus: Any idea how to connect Uart and how to program it? See this. [image] Communicating between two cortex - dual cortex robot VEX V5 General Discussion Technical Discussion …

[image] jpearman: See this. Communicating between two cortex - dual cortex robot - Technical Discussion - VEX Forum O wow I had completely forgotten you had done that one. I was going to offer to spend time tomorrow putting code together with a pair of borrowed cortex’s. You just seem to ha…

Can’t you just use a VEX Expander ? It would give you 4 more motor ports. You can also y cable some motors together. To get more breakers, you could also use multiple expanders.

Connecting Two Cortexs?

VEX V5 General Discussion Technical Discussion

jpearman February 2, 2016, 6:04pm 8

See this.