PID on Jaguars is Illegal

[Andrew Schreiber]

Originally Posted by Alexander Meyer

Hehe, looks like it's back to the drawing board. I always wanted to know more about how PID loops work--guess I'll be getting up close and personal now. Thankfully the cRio has some serious processing beef.

1114 has a pretty decent description of it here

Originally Posted by Bryscus

Lastly, the Jags basically have a timeout. ....

This is only for the FRC Firmware in as far as I am aware.

There is also a signed mode built into the CAN signal so that any arbitrary device cannot inject motor control signals only "trusted" devices.

Originally Posted by Tim Skloss

Inspectors would see the encoders plugged into the Jaguars.
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Which this ruling DID NOT forbid, it merely said we can't use the the PID on the Jag's PID. We can still use them to put sensors onto the CAN bus and reduce wiring complexity.

For reference, I strongly hope they change this rule.