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Re: Almost balancing Scooter

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Originally Posted by Alan Anderson View Post
Maybe you could do a "delay" in the other direction. Do a simple prediction of what the angle is likely be the next time through the loop, and use that as your feedback value instead of the current angle.

I didn't look closely enough at your code to be certain, but are you sure you have the right sign on your Kd term? It should act to reduce motor speed, but you describe it as causing more current to be drawn.

Also, are you using Victor speed controllers? They have a dead band around the neutral point that makes them a bit unsuited for applications requiring the motors to hold a given position. If you're very careful, you can account for the dead band in software, but you have to make sure everything is appropriately calibrated.

Im using OSMC to drive my motors and using a pic16f877A for the control.