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Re: Encoders getting different rates

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Originally Posted by tilky View Post
if, for exampe, for every 800 counts of one of the encoders is 1 count for the other, the slow one you can set 800 for the distance per count, and the other one (the faster one) you can set 1 for that amount. This will make them equal the same.
I see what you mean now. That's probably what I'll end up doing later when I go to work on the bot.

I have another question: The side with the higher reading on the encoder right now spins faster than the other side. Once I tune the encoders to be consistent like you said, is there a way I can get the faster side to spin the same speed as the slower? I assume like a pid system where the encoder on the slower side is the setpoint and the encoder on the faster side is the process variable.
How would I make this work with a tank drive though?

Any help?
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