Hi, i’m working on a fairly extreme project that a single V5 Brain is struggling with (12 Smart Motors, 9 sensors, and 1200 lines of code full of trig and other math). Is there any way to spread the load across multiple Brains? If so how?

Documentation for Vex Link can be found Here Instructions on how to make a wireless connection are supper clear and easy to follow To make a wired connection: You must modify the smart cable by cutting the power wire (for me it was the yellow, most likely yours will be the same). I didn’t cu…

you could try VEX link [image] VEXlink documentaton VEXcode Pro V5 Text Tech Support Documentation for VEXlink robot to robot communications is now available here. It’s released as part of the Knowledge base articles for the AI competition , but does not rely on any of …

There’s really no reason why the V5 cannot handle that much IO, how is the V5 struggling ?

Thanks for the reply! The Brain keeps crashing (screen freezes, motors disable, and the power button becomes unresponsive). I can’t help but think that it could be because the brain is only designed to run 10 motors at max force and I’m using 12 . And while the code isn’t relatively a lot for the …

That looks useful! I’ll give it a shot, thanks

That sounds more like your code is corrupting memory or the brain has a hardware issue. The V5 can easily handle all 21 ports being used, that’s not an issue. and the only limitation on code size is that the executable needs to be under 3MB.

As a member of a vexu team that packed 11 motors into a 15" robot, I can tell you the brain should be able to handle it. As @jpearman , the failures you are describing are likely due to corrupted or nonexistent data in your program. The brain is designed to handle all 21 ports as motors. It will re…

Thanks, that makes more sense…

Thanks that worked perfectly! Is there any way to link three brains that you know of? Because the website linked only shows how to link two and says that more than two is possible…

that would be a question for the master of all things V5 vexOs @jpearman !!! having no direct experience with what is documented in VEXlink document - I would ask, is it possible for a worker to delegate to another robot as a manager role in the protocol? My gut, if the protocol was masterfully cra…

A link is between two brains, that’s a limitation of the radio protocol, it’s point to point. However, a V5 brain can support more than one VEXlink, so you could have brain 1 linked to brain 2, and then have brain 2 (using another radio) linked to brain 3. It’s your choice which end is the manager…

How do I get two or more Vex V5 Brains to handshake?

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lacsap December 9, 2020, 5:20pm 2

you could try VEX link