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Counter class issues

I am using the counter class as a makeshift encoder. During testing I had the code print out what value the getPeriod function was getting. The print statement however, was only outputting the correct number when the sensor gave a pulse. While there was no pulse it gave me zeroes. Does anyone have any clue as to why this may be happening?

Re: Counter class issues

getPeriod() would be working as intended. If the encoder is not getting a pulse it means the velocity is zero and thus getPeriod is zero.

Here's the actual source code for the method.

Code:

public double getPeriod() {

        double period;

        if (m_counter.readTimerOutput_Stalled()) {

            return Double.POSITIVE_INFINITY;

        } else {

            period = (double) m_counter.readTimerOutput_Period() / (double) m_counter.readTimerOutput_Count();

        }

        return period / 1.0e6;

    }

The counter class will run the getStopped() method if the pulse did not change within x period and set the time to stalled.

Code:

public boolean getStopped() {

        return m_counter.readTimerOutput_Stalled();

    }