Intro to VEX IQ API

To program the VEX IQ controller:

• Configure the peripherals connected to the controller in the "config" region. Create device objects in the vexiq module, passing the port number if necessary.

import sys
import vexiq

#region config
led    = vexiq.TouchLed() # Touch LED on any port
bumper = vexiq.Bumper()   # Switch on any port
motor  = vexiq.Motor()    # Motor on any port
#endregion

• Write Python code invoking methods on peripheral objects or the main module.

led.on()                 # Turn the LED on
if bumper.is_pressed():  # Check whether the bumper is pressed
    print "Switch is on!"
motor.run(50)            # Run the motor at 50% power
sys.sleep(1)           # Sleep for 1 sec

• For details, see the full docs for the vexiq module

This API is built on top of PyMite Python interpreter, providing some (but not all) of the built-in Python functions. For full list of supported functions see the namespaces page