Thread: Suggestions on a good way to get angle?
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Trying to program the swerve drive
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Re: Suggestions on a good way to get angle?
As soon as I read the requirements that the OP posted, I immediately thought of the US Digital MA3. It is an absolute magnetic encoder with continuous rotation (think potentiometer with unlimited turning ability). If you hook up a CIM motor and this sensor to a PID controller, you should be able to achieve your desired behavior
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