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Re: Steering wheel

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Originally Posted by lukevanoort View Post
DISCLAIMER: I have never tried this
I think if you used the one joystick drive setup in the default code and just used the steering wheel's output instead of 'p1_x' and used the throttle joystick's y value in the place of 'p1_y' it would work.
K.I.S.S.

Now that I'm done beating my head against the desk for not recognizing the obvious I guess I can spend my time on more exciting things (like unpacking the huge order of supplies from McMaster-Carr and OnlineMetals--it really is Christmas time!).


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Originally Posted by chris31
You could always have a button on the steering wheel or a switch to change drive modes.
That was the conclussion I came to after thinking about the problem a little more.

So now, as long as the steering wheel and the throttle either self-center or have a sufficient deadband built in to the code, I'm beginning to think this could be a very effective control that I had simply dismissed previously.

Who said you can't teach an old dog new tricks?