Labview encoders in autonomous

[Alan Anderson]

Originally Posted by jhellr13

Look, I basically want to be able to drive the robot in autonomous to whatever distance I set the encoder to go. I looked at the example, but that is not really any help.

Have you managed to read the encoder value?

Do you know how to calculate the number of encoder counts that represents the distance you want to travel?

Do you know how to do a comparison function in LabVIEW?

Do you know how to use a Case structure in LabVIEW to do different things based on a value?

The simplest thing to do is to continuously read the encoder and run the robot forward only when the value is less than the distance you want to travel. You'll probably coast past the destination unless you have your speed controllers set to "brake" mode.