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Re: pic: 221 Robotic Systems Swerve Demo Bot Steering Feedback

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Originally Posted by Joe Ross View Post
They do have a deadband at the rollover point, the rollover isn't a perfect "sawtooth". We've used Vishay 357s which after the rollover remain zero for 10-20 degrees. These appear to have similar specs.

If you can live with the deadband, we very much like them. Continuous pots have been much more robust then any encoder we've used.
So could you explain how you deal with the dead band in your logic?
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