Thread: Where is tank drive in 2005 code?
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Re: Where is tank drive in 2005 code?
Be careful, it's very easy to accidentally make it multiply by 0, the PIC has no dedicated floating point processor and does weird things to decimals. It would make your motors constantly run full reverse. Which is also bad

I recommend multiplying up then dividing down. For example instead of

Code:
pwm01 = p1_y * 0.2; //Error Prone! BAD!
Use this

Code:
pwm01 = (unsigned int)(p1_y * 2) / 10;
Try them both on your calculator, you'll get the same result, but the PIC is more likely to work with the second method...practically guaranteed to work better than the first.

Good luck!
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