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Re: CAN mode question
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Originally Posted by Poseidon1671 View Post
In order to be able to send distance (rotation commands) to a Jaguar, you would need to use an encoder. The difference between PWM and CAN is that you can connect the encoder to a jag, and reference the encoder as a part of the jaguar object, instead of as a separate object programming-wise. It can also handle PID loops internally.
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Oh. So, if you have to have an encoder anyway, then really the CAN mode Jaguar is not much better in terms of what it can do. One object or two - not much of a big difference from programming standpoint.

We haven't figured out PID loops yet.

Thanks for the very clear answer.