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Unread 13-05-2011, 22:58
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Trying to program the swerve drive
AKA: Alex
FRC #2421 (Rolling Thunder Robotics)
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Re: Swerve Drive Modules

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Originally Posted by msimon785 View Post
I really like that idea. Our current driver is graduating this year and our programmer (at least the one programming the swerve) is going into 11th grade with me. (next year will be my 5th year, so I have quite some experience.) I will talk to him about driving. Also, does your team use a 3 axis joystick or 2 axis and a potentiometer/dial? And we have 1717's code (on their website) so I think we're okay with regards to reference.
Right now, we use a 2 axis joystick for the movement/strafing and another joystick for rotating around the central axis of the robot. As for a pot, we used the MA3 from usDigital. I caution you about being presumptious over programming/driving though. Make sure it will not tear your team apart if one person fills these two critical roles. Again, I must reccomend spending one year mastering a 6wd. You will make some mistakes, and the knowledge gained will help even more when you go to make a swerve. For my team, mechanical issues were the problem in the end, not the software. Make sure you don't forget either or else you will have a very expensive paperwieght come competition.
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