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Originally Posted by Alex.q
Last year, our frame was 27 inches square, I think we did this thinking it was better for swerve drive, but is this necessary?
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No.
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We should be able set up the swerves in rectangle and account for different angles if necessary in programming, right?
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Right. The equations can be found
here.
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One problem/inconvenience we had is that the wheels would have to be pointed forwards when you turned on the robot otherwise the wrong direction was forward for the joysticks (we were using an encoder).
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You could use an absolute encoder:
Austria Microsystems AS5030 absolute magnetic encoder.
US Digital MA3 MA3 absolute magnetic encoder
Cherry AN8
Vishay 981 HE