2012: Tuning the Jaguar's Speed Control PID Loop

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Originally Posted by Ether

This has been discussed in great detail here at CD within the past year in various threads. You might find them interesting reading.

Originally Posted by dakaufma

Easy workaround: if you splice the encoder's two data wires (power and ground from one jaguar, data A and B to both jaguars) you can use one encoder to control multiple motors.

I am aware of these conversations and I am interested in how well splitting the encoder worked for other teams who has ran this way during competition, what noise level increases they were seeing, and the reliability rate.