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add uart#1

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Add write to uart and usb.
Committing changes by @Asher123456789 that did try catch, and other modifications

Add write to uart and usb. 
Committing changes by @Asher123456789 that did try catch, and other modifications
except:
sensor2Range = -1
print("{0}, {1},".format(sensor1Range, sensor2Range))
uart.write(bytearray("{0}, {1},\r\n".format(sensor1Range, sensor2Range)))
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Why include the carriage return (\r)? Doesn't seem like the roboRIO code expects it

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sensor1Range = -2.0
sensor2Range = -2.0
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Should these just be -2 so they don't get initialized as floating point values? If something weird happens and they fall through to the UART, it'll write a long floating point to string conversion (e.g. "-2.0000000"), won't it?

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good call, will change.

i2c1 = busio.I2C(board.GP5, board.GP4)
vl53_1 = adafruit_vl53l0x.VL53L0X(i2c1)
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print("No 1st sensor connected")
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Do these prints get saved anywhere where we could access them later? After a match for instance

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