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Re: Picking a gyro for field-centric swerve control

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Originally Posted by ayeckley View Post
Others have reported (and it makes a lot of sense) that the compass modules they've used are very sensitive to the "natural" EMI environment around the permanent magnet motors in our bots. My own limited experience with such modules outside of a FRC environment matches their observations, so I don't have a high degree of confidence in that approach.
What if you created a "calibrate" mode, where the driver can push a button to recalibrate a gyro to what the compass sensor is outputting when they think there is a significant amount of drift. That way you don't have the interference but you still have the consistency.