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Re: NI releasing/designing new controller for FRC

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Originally Posted by Tom Line View Post
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Our speed control ran in a timed loop and that was the single biggest contributor to our CPU usage that year. We scaled it back from 5 ms to 10 or 15 (I can't remember the final one) to improve CPU utlization.
Which platform/language are you using?
If it is c++, Do you use the PID functionality included in the WPI Libraries?