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Re: Suffield Shakedown observations...

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Originally Posted by Kendal Reed View Post
Um... what kind of drive system are you expecting? I can't think of any where it would make sense to use the same value for the left and right PWMs. Most systems have the left and right motors facing in opposite directions and would therefore use value pairs where one side's value is equal to 255 minus the other's.
A large number of teams that I've seen have figured out that it makes a lot more sense to swap the motor wires on one side of the drivetrain, rather than having to remember to handle it in software.
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