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Re: PID + Battery Voltage + Talon=??????

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Originally Posted by Ether View Post
You have at least 2 choices:

1) Measure the battery voltage and compensate for that by adjusting your motor command. This does not require PID

2) Put a speed sensor on your shooter wheel, and use that as the process variable in a feedback controller. You can use a PID loop for this, or you can use bang-bang.


So we would have to do a type of if statement that looks at the battery voltage and if the level drops to a certain range change the speed to compensate?
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