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Re: Stall detection

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Originally Posted by apalrd View Post
Assuming I already had an encoder for speed control or monitoring, I would use a low speed threshold and acceleration threshold to declare stall. A rapid deceleration of the wheel combined with a low wheel speed when wheel power is on will correlate to a stalled wheel.
That's what we're doing. Although we did not have it implemented in Orlando when we smoked our shooter with a jam, in an early qualifier match

Those accel/decel calcs from encoders will likely need a bit of filtering.

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Eric
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