Hey Y’all, Was checking the Vex Website and noticed that the Current Gyroscope has been discontinued! Does this mean that a new Gyro is coming out shortly? [image]

All I want is some sort of expander for the measly 8 sensor ports on the V5 (considering a couple sensors use 2 ports each). That or a new array of sensors you can actually use with the 12 extra ports on the V5. But considering they didn’t announce anything was coming at worlds, I doubt it.

With odometry, you literally have 2 ports. At least an expander is well overdue. Using sensors is a super important skill that translates directly to the real world. Limiting the use of sensors with something as silly as the amount of LEGACY ports is not a good look. I hope V5 sensors come soon.

The tming here is a bit odd, considering development seems very much active on a gyro-based drivetrain in VexCode V5 Blocks - this feature was added only three weeks ago: [image] VEXcode V5 Blocks Version 1.0 Release Added a feature to indicate on the Brain LCD to the user when a gyro is calibra…

If you look is VEXcode header files there is some partly defined stuff for seemingly the new v5 sensors… DeviceTypeLedSensor DeviceTypeAbsEncSensor DeviceTypeBumperSensor DeviceTypeImuSensor DeviceTypeRangeSensor DeviceTypeTetherSensor DeviceTypeBrainSensor DeviceTypeGyroSensor DeviceTypeSonarSenso…

Wow, that’s very interesting! Also going to leave this here: [image] ▶ My thoughts on the new sensors Oh, and I’d be a bit surprised to see a V5 gyro so soon considering the V5 3-wire expander hasn’t even been released yet. You’d think that’d be easy, as it’s essentially a copy-paste of the Corte…

[image] Codec: kDeviceTypeGyroSensor = 0x46, kDeviceTypeSonarSensor = 0x47, so these are in the header files just for IQ compatibility, (meaning that IQ has sensors that we access as kDeviceTypeGyroSensor and kDeviceTypeSonarSensor), notice they have unusual values assigned.

Look up the chip (LY3100ALH) used on current current sensors and you will see it is no longer available…Part shortage/discontinuing will at some point catch up with every manufacturer. No with that said I do hope a replacement is imminent as this gage is a perfect game for using gyro to run a great…

I really want vex to sell a 100$ spinning lidar sensor. Similar to the dozen types like this you can find between 70 and 100$. https://www.robotshop.com/en/rplidar-a1m8-360-degree-laser-scanner-development-kit.html?gclid=Cj0KCQjwt5zsBRD8ARIsAJfI4BgFpr7FcNSGTaOz6k9Ym2SX_28pGYfbH4BI1yPX77kOX53PPNJqgf…

Might this be so that you could make a fully autonomous robot, except this time in VRC?

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New Gyroscope is Imminent

VEX V5 General Discussion

John_TYler December 9, 2019, 10:58pm 21

New Products - December 2019 VEX News

I’m very excited to announce some new products that have just been added to the VEX Website. First off, the V5 Inertial Sensor. [E33A8364] This new sensor combines an accelerometer and a gyroscope to give users the ability to measure their robot’s movement in any direction. More information can be found in this Knowledge Base article: Next up, the Linear Motion Kit v2. This updated version of the original Linear Motion Kit includes (4) 12" rails and red slide trucks to match other V5 Mo…

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