How many ports do you use and what are they for?

[Foster]

This was last asked in 2008 by @Quazar, and I’m interested to see how things have changed. (His max was 17)

I’m looking for responses in a format like
Total 12 - V5 Brain

• 6 Motors
• Vision Sensor
• 2 Bumper Switches
• 2 Potentiometer
• Line Sensor

This is in the V5 forum, but if you are an IQ user put your port counts in, please mark that you have an IQ brain, thanks.

[9MotorGang]

Last year I had 8 motors, 2 distance sensors, 1 rotation sensor1 radio, and 6 solenoids.

[EcstaticPilot]

Last year:
Total:19

• 8 motors
• 3 rotation
• 2 IMU
• 2 optical sensors
• 1 vision
• 2 solenoids
• 1 radio

This year:
Total: 20

• 8 motors
• 1rotation
• 1IMU
• 2 LEDs
• 1 radio
• 1 3-wire expander
  On the 3-wire expander:
• 4 solenoids
• 2 LEDs

[bantha]

V5 Brain
- 7 motors
- Inertial Sensor
- 2 solenoids

[DrumrollPlease]

V5 Brain
13 Total

• 7 Motors
• IMU
• Solenoid
• 3 Limit Switches
• One Radio

[Skibub28]

Last Robot
V5 Brain
17 Total

• 9 Motors
• 3 Rotation sensors
• Inertial sensor
• Radio
• 2 Solenoids
• LED license plate

[74403b]

10 motors
3 limit switch
inertial
vision
line tracker
3 wire expander

[Mavric]

Current Robot
V5 Brain
13 Total.

Smart Port

• 8 Motors
• Inertial sensor
• Radio

3 Wire

• 2 LED strips
• 1 Solenoid

Going to add a 3 wire bumper soon for my new cata.

[warner]

Total 13 - VEX V5 Brain

Components:

• 2 Smart Motors (Port 1, Port 2)
• 2 Smart Motors with integrated encoders (Port 3, Port 4)
• 1 Smart Motor with integrated IMU (Port 5)
• 1 Servo Motor (Port 6)
• 1 Vision Sensor (Port 7)
• 2 Bump Switches (Port 8, Port 9)
• 2 Potentiometers (Port 10, Port 11)
• 1 Line Sensor (Port 12)
• 1 Controller (Port 13)

[Blaziumm]

Slapshot IQ Post
Would Have been my worlds robot but I did not make it

12 Total - IQ 2nd Gen Brain

• 6 Motors
• 2 Vision Sensors (Calculate disk distance relative to the robot for changing the power of the flywheel)
• 1 Distance Sensors (Front Distance to import the distance into the kinematics equation)
• 3 Color Sensor (Used to read the lines on the field to keep and track position)

-Blaziumm

[stromboli_499A]

CU
worlds bot 7th grade
4 motors
1 radio
1 controller

TiP
worlds bot for our final year in MS
7 motors
1 inertial sensor
1 radio
1 controller

SU
freshman year states bot
8 motors
1 inertial sensor
1 color sensor
1 radio
2 potentiometers
1 solenoid
1 controller

Over Under
soph year 1st tournament
7 motors
1 radio
1 inertial sensor
1 limit switch
3 solenoids
1 radio
1 controller

inertial sensors were used once we realized that it would help in autonomous and we also learned how to use limit switches

[iseau395]

First Tipping Point Bot (total 8 smart ports):

• 7 Motors
• 1 Radio

Second Tipping Point Bot (total 10 smart ports and 2 three wire ports):

• 8 Motors
• 1 solenoid
• 1 IMU
• 1 Limit Switch
• 1 Radio

Last Tipping Point Bot (total 12 smart ports, 5 three wire ports):

• 8 motors
• 1 Rotation sensor
• 1 IMU
• 1 Radio
• 3 wire expander
  • 1 limit switch
  • 1 bumper sensor
  • 3 solenoids

First Spin Up Bot (total 16 smart ports, 2 three wire ports):

• 8 motors
• 2 solenoids
• 2 optical sensors
• 4 rotation sensors
• 1 IMU
• 1 Radio

Last Spin Up Bot (total 15 smart ports, 6 three wire ports):

• 8 motors
• 6 solenoids
• 2 optical sensors
• 1 IMU
• 3 Rotation sensors
• 1 Radio

First Over Under Robot (total 14-15 smart ports, 5 three wire ports):

• 8 motors
• 1 three wire expander
  • 5 solenoids
• 1 IMU
• 3 Rotation sensors
• 1 Radio
• 1 GPS (only at our first comp, we removed it by the second one)

Second Over Under Robot (not completed yet, so this is a guess; total 13 smart ports, 6 three wire ports):

• 8 motors
• 2 Rotation Sensors
• 6 solenoids
• 1 IMU
• 1 Distance sensor
• 1 Radio

[Elephanf]

how did you get away with 4 motors for your cu bot

[ChaddieP]

We use 11 total.
8 motors,
2 rotation sensors,
and an inertial sensor
You should always use all 8 motors that you’re allowed to use. If you use 6, use the last two motors on the drivetrain for more power