Thread: jaguar speed control of mecanum wheels
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Re: jaguar speed control of mecanum wheels
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Originally Posted by JamJam263 View Post
If you're using CAN to control the Jaguars then you have more control options including Speed.

If using CAN then the encoders can be directly wired to the Jaguars, which have built in ability to help with speed and traction control with a few simple lines of set-up code.

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Originally Posted by dyanoshak View Post
Using CAN, you can change the mode to control voltage, speed, position (like a hobby servo, for example, imagine a CIM motor that holds position like a servo!), and current and then change parameters for P, I, and D so that the Jaguar does all the closed-loop control for you.

Thanks guys. I see this requires CAN to implement, which none of our guys if familiar with. It may be too late in the game to go this route. Maybe next year :-(


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