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Re: Swerve questions (Languages, CAN)

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Originally Posted by Tyler2517 View Post
I do not believe that you can use the closed loop control for the analog absolute controllers. I can tell you that you absolutely do not want to use the quadrature encoders to keep track of the position of the swerve you will loss track of ticks so fast i would give you about 25-60 seconds tell you are +-15 degrees.
Encoders won't lose counts due to the steering speed. We used then an entire season without issue. Its actually s relatively slow rpm by FRC standards.

Control system brownout can cause loss of counts though.