that has some pretty cool pics, but the main thing that i find disappointing is that it cannot be programmed. programming enables you to do so much more with sensors, but this kit is trying to appeal to a different group of people, i think.
i wonder if they will sell the camera and like the claw sepratly in like a kit like the claw kit or the camera kit taht whould be nice for the people who like to build it and program it instead of premade stuff i made some thing like that with my kit i have right now it just didnt have a camera and the claw didnt have much torck
If the Camera and Claw come in the Basic kit (for $249.00 USD), it might be worth it to just get the Whole Thing, and keep the “Regular Vex non-compatible parts” for experimentation, or maybe resale on e-bay, since it appears that the Vexplorer can have two different control frequencies, 27Mhz and 49Mhz. If someone had a Vexplorer with the 27Mhz crystals, an additional Transmitter and Receiver and Motors on the 49Mhz could be used simultaneous, like can be done with the Regular Vex.
hey guys i just noticed something
in the 3d pictures it shows a little notch in the upper right hand corner above the word VEX and on the pictures normal it doesnt show could this be a programmable port they decided to leave out??:mad:
the motors for the kit might b stronger and if they are i know how to make vex compatible like i said before take off back and front covers and remove motor from the circuit board by desoldering it and then hook up wires from new motors to the older motor circuit and find somewhere to mount the circuit board and u can use with old vex
wella:D
That appeared to me as a spot to insert a Crystal possibly to change frequecys. I think that this vex kit is being marketed to a wide audience and many of them will not have the skills to perogram and use sensors. This seems to just a toy robot.
I don’t know if anyone noticed but in the pictures of the Vexplorer the motors are only 2 wire instead of 3 wire. Also, it says that it includes 4 Vexplorer motors and no servos. So the Vexplorer may not have PWM.
Just thought everyone might like to know.
They may still be PWM, but instead of sending the signal to a speed controller embedded in the motor, the speed controller is in the RC, and only the two power leads to motors are needed. Since motors would only need the two power leads, it could make is much easier to interface low current, non-VEX motors to the system (no need for an external speed controller).
You would think that the User would still want to be able to control the speed of the Motors with the Controller, so there must be some sort of Variable Speed Control, even with two wires.
I vote with underdark, the speed controller is in the RC Receiver.
The motors would still use PWM. The vex motors themselves(the motors inside the motor assembly) only have 2 leads, but the speed controller needs power, ground, and a signal to give out a pulsed current to the motor causing it to turn on and almost off repeatedly(which is what determines the speed of the motor). It is not good for the motors to vary their speeds by voltage differences so the speed controller must be in the micro controller assembly itself instead of in the motor assembly. (That way only two wires would have to connect to the motor. Hope I explained that ok.
well, it may have just meant to say that the motors included in the kit are servo motors, but they would be continous rotation. i think just based on the shape of the motors, you can assume that just like current vex motors, they have internal gearing to slow them down, makeing them servo motors.