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Re: Mecanum steering

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Originally Posted by Alan Anderson View Post
I'm sure you checked for broken wires, but that sort of "drift" is one symptom of the gyro not actually providing a voltage to be measured. That can happen if the gyro output isn't connected to the analog input, or if the gyro isn't getting power.
Right. We checked for that, and the powered gyro was drifting at that speed.
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