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Re: Gyro PID User drive - How we did it

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Originally Posted by Bongle View Post
Last year we found that our robot could massively out-spin the maximum rotation rate supported by the gyro. What do you do once the gyro reading goes 'beyond' the maximum/minimum of the chip?
Team 228 purchased an additional 300 degree/second gyro for use with PID control with our drivetrain, as this proved much more adequate for drive-train use than the Kit of Parts gyro. So we used the stock KoP gyro for PID control on our arm instead.
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