VCS Programming A Battery Warning

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1

How would I code it in my program to do a battery warning when it is less than 20?

2

The battery level is almost always visible on the controller screen by default, so it wouldn’t really be necessary.

3 
// https://help.vex.com/article/141-how-to-plan-for-charging-the-v5-robot-battery 
// says that V5 batteries should never be used when below 10% charge
// print warning to brain and controller screens when battery charge is 10% or less
int batteryAlert(){
    while(1){
        if (Brain.Battery.capacity(percentUnits::pct) <= 10){
            Brain.Screen.clearScreen(color::orange);
            Controller1.Screen.clearScreen();
            vex::task::sleep(250);
            Brain.Screen.printAt(90, 135, ">> RECHARGE BATTERY <<");
            Controller1.rumble("-");
            Controller1.Screen.setCursor(1, 2);
            Controller1.Screen.print("RECHARGE");
            Controller1.Screen.setCursor(2, 8);
            Controller1.Screen.print("BATTERY");
            vex::task::sleep(500);
        }
    vex::task::sleep(500);
    }
}

int main() {

    vex::task alert(batteryAlert); // start alert task
    
	//Prevent main from exiting with an infinite loop.
    
	while(1) {
		vex::task::sleep(100);//Sleep the task for a short amount of time to prevent wasted resources.
	}
}

This is set for 10%, easy to change to 20.

4

My team members tend to not look at the controller screen which is why I’m just trying to making it vibrate to get their attention.

5

Thank you, my problem was that I thought you needed to make the percentage into a separate integer.