Thread: Using functions in PIDController
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Unread 12-02-2016, 09:50
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Re: Using functions in PIDController
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Originally Posted by Kevin Sevcik View Post
The functions are virtual so they are overridable in derived classes. In case you want to make a PID controller with gravity compensation or static friction feedforward or something. They're all implemented in the base PIDController class, so you should be able to call them without exceptions.
I did some hunting in the class hierarchy and there are no derived classes. That's why we're confused. Maybe it is a good idea to create our own derived classes instead of using PIDController directly?
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