Sample code for Windriver needed (FRC)

[garyk]

Originally Posted by pacerobotics

Help Please!!!
Thanks

I've posted a complete C++ program here: http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...11#post1024111

It incl. arcade drive, I understand you want to write your own drive code. The code shows how to read (obtain) the values from a joystick and drive a Jaguar/Victor with that value. Joysticks give a value between 1.0 and -1.0, inclusive, in the X, Y, and Z axies. (The Z axis is the throttle thing at the base of the JS.)

Victors and Jaguars accept values -1.0 <= x <= 1.0. The direction of rotation is a function of how the motor is wired and the nature of the gearbox.

The algebra in between the JS and the Jaguar is up to you :-)

Whenever you change the drive code (incl. the first version) YOU MUST TEST WITH YOUR ROBOT ON BLOCKS with the wheels off the ground. There's a real risk of the motors being powered other than as you expect and the robot smashing into an object - I've seen it happen.