vex lcd display in stock

One of the biggest indicators of what VEX will do is based on the classroom, which is, according to Paul (IIRC) around 3x the size of the competitive market. Many many schools will still use EDR for years into the future, which probably means that the sensors will be come back in stock eventually

Sorry to be a terminology Troll, but we will ALL be using EDR for quite a long time as that is the name of the robotics platform. We used EDR before the Cortex control system (with the PIC control system) and we will continue to use it with the V5 control system. I agree that many schools will continue to use the Cortex, so VEX will place those components back into stock.

The V5 Robot Brain allows for "on the fly" device connection and port swapping. Legacy VEX EDR Sensors and Motors are also supported through eight 3-Wire ports.

Use the VEX LCD Display to receive real-time feedback from your robot to perform live debugging. View multiple stored program configurations and select between them or provide additional user-input to your robot.

We’ve been using LCD menu code from VEX Forum member Ephemeral_Being for quite some time now; we are eternally grateful for his contribution. In this post I walk through each step of what his code does and how you can use it on your robot.

Why do we love this code? Unlike most other LCD menu code that I’ve encountered, this one give 100% unambiguous feedback about the option you have selected, AND allows you to change your mind if you pressed the wrong thing. It is still “live” for the entire pre-autonomous period, and automatically shuts off when auton starts.

You can also set one of your menu options to display the value of a sensor (in lieu of it assigning an auton pattern). We have used this option in the past to make sure that a given sensor was reset to 0 before the match started; another time, we had it display the value from an ultrasonic sensor, which helped the drive team line up the robot when placing it on the field. This ultrasonic option is shown below as the last menu choice.

Important item to remember: The screen can only display 16 characters on each line. Make sure your message—including spaces—does not exceed 16 characters.

To find Ephemeral_Being‘s RobotC code, see the first response to this post (NOTE: he has a small error in this code for the while-disabled statement. Be sure to use the code shown here for that statement; you’ll see the correction if you read later in the thread). Ephemeral_Being’s easyC and PROS files can be downloaded from this other VEX Forum thread.

The VEX ARM® Cortex®-based Microcontroller coordinates the flow of all information and power on the robot. It has built in bi-directional communication for wireless driving, debugging and downloading using the VEXnet wireless link. The Microcontroller is the brain of every VEX robot.

VEXnet devices contain internal processors and run on special software called Firmware (or Master Code). Firmware is updated periodically to provide additional functionality or fix bugs. To fully unlock the potential of VEX Robotics VEXnet devices, it"s important to ensure that all applicable drivers are installed and firmware is updated.

With its Monochrome LCD screen, the V5 Controller provides users with instant feedback from the Robot Brain. Programmers can send data and multilingual text to the screen for debugging and driver information.