Good evening everyone! I have decided to make a device out of 4 bumpers, (A, B, C, D) And three encoders. (E1, E2, E3)
This device stores information like motor ports, and hopefully a coding terminal in the future! (Please, someone tell me how to do that) Basically i am trying to make an OS inside of VexCode blocks. Let me know what I should add! (And possibly how to do that) Merry Christmas, everyone!
Pictures will be updated Monday!
Okay, Okay…
Huh? How do you plan on doing this?
Just a text sccript. A lot of text script
gotta say I love this idea.
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Terminal seems doable, but how to get keyboard support? Especially not in blocks.
Also, pick up a 3-wire expander or two, they’ll add some serious extra button and encoder portage.
I never thought I’d see the auton switch used in a way like this. I think it’ll be hard to have it integrated without breaking the threading of your functions, but should be fun.
Also, I don’t think you should go around calling it an OS, as it will be just a program running on VEXOS, that’ll confuse some people.
Finally, do you actually plan on it communicating over DMX (big lighting network cable protocol for the non-lighting folks)? You could try having the brain always plugged into the computer and having it communicate with something like and ETC Gadget, but that defeats the whole purpose, doesn’t it.
We’re excited to see this one! Let us know what you think.
Thanks a lot! Hope the big wigs at MA don’t sue me 
This is when the “Mini PC in a vex brain, just keeping a display idea comes into play.” The true answer, i don’t know, but what I will try is putting all of the letters a thru z and numbers 0 thru 9 on one encoder, so when you rotate the encoder, the letter changes. There will be three buttons that activate here. One is an enter, two is a confirm letter / next selection, three is delete.
Noted; Thanks!
Nope. I have no intentions of doing so. Good idea though!