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Re: Jag PID control for 2 linked motors

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Originally Posted by apalrd View Post
You could run the control loops on the cRio side.

Then just copy the values to both motors.
Since the motors are mechanically coupled, if you were going to do it that way would it not be better to use one encoder and one control loop and send the one computed command to both motors with a Y cable?