Thread: RobotDrive Bug?
View Single Post
  #5   Spotlight this post!  
Unread 02-02-2010, 16:04
apalrd's Avatar
apalrd apalrd is offline
More Torque!
AKA: Andrew Palardy (Most people call me Palardy)
VRC #3333
Team Role: College Student
 
Join Date: Mar 2009
Rookie Year: 2009
Location: Auburn Hills, MI
Posts: 1,347
apalrd has a reputation beyond reputeapalrd has a reputation beyond reputeapalrd has a reputation beyond reputeapalrd has a reputation beyond reputeapalrd has a reputation beyond reputeapalrd has a reputation beyond reputeapalrd has a reputation beyond reputeapalrd has a reputation beyond reputeapalrd has a reputation beyond reputeapalrd has a reputation beyond reputeapalrd has a reputation beyond repute
Re: RobotDrive Bug?

Quote:
Originally Posted by Bryscus View Post
...The 4th Jag is being used for position control using the closed-loop position mode on the Jags over the CAN interface...
If you have 4 jags and 1 vic, put the 4 jags on drive and the vic on position control. I would do that much much much faster than putting a drive motor on a jag and a drive motor on a vic. The software will probably thank you too.

What is the advantage of using the CanJaguar's position control? You have analog inputs on the cRio, and since programmable controllers in FRC (back in the day... 1997?) people have been writing simple code to control position.
__________________
Kettering University - Computer Engineering
Kettering Motorsports
Williams International - Commercial Engines - Controls and Accessories
FRC 33 - The Killer Bees - 2009-2012 Student, 2013-2014 Advisor
VEX IQ 3333 - The Bumble Bees - 2014+ Mentor

"Sometimes, the elegant implementation is a function. Not a method. Not a class. Not a framework. Just a function." ~ John Carmack