VEX MicroController

Side shots of the VEX micro controller

 

Picture of the VEX micro controller where everything plugs into.

A picture of the VEX micro controller in action

 

The "brains" of the robot.

The VEX Microcontroller coordinates the flow of information and power on the robot. All other electronic system components must interface to the Microcontroller.

• Wireless with the 75MHz receiver and transmitter
• Microchip user processor
• (8) Motor ports
• (16) Digital I/O, Analog In
• (6) Interrupt I/O
• (1) Serial Port
• Programmable with easyC, ROBOTC, or MPLAB

http://www.vexrobotics.com/products/accessories/logic/276-2170.html

The microcontroller is what controls the robot.  Every electronic component of the vehicle plugs into this little box as shown in the figures above.  This piece of technology receives the commands we send through the wireless controller and sends those commands electronically to the motor and the camera on the vehicle.  The microcontroller needs to be programed with one of the programs that come with the VEX kit, without this the robot will not run correctly.