Vex Gyro Sensor Programming

The front facing eye sensor also acts like a distance sensor and returns the distance of a detected object in mm and inches.

Vex gyro sensor programming.

Driver control programming part 2 6. Use the gyro to make precise measured turns. Vex and vex robotics are trademarks or service marks of innovation first international inc. For the love of physics walter lewin may 16 2011 duration.

Detecting if the robot has turned left. This code will also be compatible with the new vexcode programming suite vex is developing. If the program does not find smart motors or bumper switches it will check for the devices listed in the table. First the sensors program will check for smart motors and bumper switches configured in the smart ports listed for the driver control program.

A gyro turning counter clockwise will increase its values. Use the infrared line trackers to follow lines or stop on marks lines on the floor. We ll use the ultrasonic distance sensor to measure distance and make the robot react to obstacles. The vr robot has the following sensors.

Among other things the gyro allows your robot to make very precise consistent turns. Use the gyro sensor and the pen to draw a triangle with the vr robot. Lectures by walter lewin. Motor encoders that are 360 degrees per wheel revolution.

Returns the accumulated value of the gyro sensor plugged into ndeviceindex in degrees. A gyro sensor that is built into the drivetrain. The vex iq gyro has a graphic on its top that denotes and rotation directions. Some common uses for a gyro sensor with a vex iq robot include.

Autonomous programming line by line 7. They will make you physics. Program the vr robot to move forward and reverse to various distances. Sensor programming part 1 9.

Check that smart ports 1 12 have the correct types of devices listed in the table above. The mems gyro measures rotation rate with 16 bit resolution. The msp430 communicates with the latest mems gyroscope across a very high speed 10 mhz spi bus. Direction can be determined by positive and negative values.

The new vex yaw rate gyro is one of the more sophisticated sensors in the vex robotics system but it s also one of the most useful and powerful. Sensor programming part 2 10. The vex iq gyro sensor uses a texas instruments msp430 microcontroller running at 16 mhz to process requests and calculate angles. Gyro sensors are used to measure movement in some handheld electronic devices such as video game remote controls.

A gyro turning clockwise will decrease its values. Autonomous programming functions 8.