[NathanCJohnson]

Originally Posted by nickmcski

These are the encoders our team purchased http://www.andymark.com/product-p/am-0180.htm and they are working extremely well for us. One thing we want to try is wiring them directly up to our talons (You can only do this if you have the talon SRX's).

If you cant wire them up to the talons then wire them up to the roboRIO, our team accomplished this by cutting up 2 unneeded PWM cables. We wired the cables like so:


(This image is not mine, I just found it online)

Then we programmed them link this

	Encoder encoderleft; //Declare the encoders so they are accessible in all methods 
	Encoder encoderright;

	public void robotInit() {
		encoderleft = new Encoder(0, 1); //Initalize the encoder, A channel is plugged into DIO 0, B channel DIO 1.
		encoderright = new Encoder(2, 3);

		encoderleft.setDistancePerPulse(0.11); //did some math to calculate that for 1 pulse the robot moved 0.11 of an inch (Will be different for other robots) 
		encoderright.setDistancePerPulse(0.11);
	}

	public void autonomousPeriodic() {
		double distance = (encoderleft.getDistance() + encoderright.getDistance()) /2; //Find the distance robot has travled based off of the average of the 2 encoders. 
		


		//Code to make your robot move off of the encoder values here
	}

Does that encoder work with the 2015 KOP chassis gearboxes? The video tutorial on the item page shows a different gearbox, so I just want to make sure it works with the KOP one.

We should have added encoders a while ago before bag & tag, but since we didn't we will be adding them during the 6-hour robot access period the week of our first district event. Currently our autonomous modes are based on a timer which isn't very accurate or predictable.