A comment on the New Platform thread made me wonder:
What is the largest total number of ports you’ve ever used on the Vex controller?
The Vex Microcontroller has a total of 32 ports:
[LIST]
*]8 PWM
*]6 Interrupt
*]16 Analog/GPIO
*]2 Serial (TX/RX)
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(I’m not counting the back-panel connectors)
My personal best is 17:
[LIST]
*]5 PWM
*]2 Interrupt (would have been 4 if I used quadrature encoders)
*]3 Analog
*]7 GPIO
*]0 Serial
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Fact of the day: There is 4 or 5 (can’t remember which) ports right above the motor inputs that are not used and are covered. They are just not used so the interrupts and motor ports could be separated.
I just assumed that area was either not wired, or was hooked to diagnostic lines (like JTAG). Are they wired to anything that might be of use to an end-user?
Oh, and Technic-R-C: What were you doing that needed more than 32 ports? We need details!