How do I program a joystick deadband?

[F22Rapture]

Does this appear to be correct?

[Djur]

I'd just suggest changing the name of your "turn" method to something less confusing, such as "getCompensatedValue" or "getBetterValue" (or anything better you can think of). If you call "turn(Xbox)", then you may be confused why the robot's not turning Other than that, you should be good. Good luck!

[Joe Ross]

Originally Posted by F22Rapture

Does this appear to be correct?

You've created a new function, but haven't called it. In order to do the equivalent of the commented out code, you would need to add another line similar to the following

double turn = turn(Xbox);

(I'm not very experienced with java, so it might not even compile with having variable named the same as a function). Notice how this isn't exactly clear, which is why Djur recommended renaming turn to something more generic. Doesn't this sound better?

double turn = applyDeadband(Xbox);

There's probably a better way to write the deadband function so that you could apply it to the throttle also easily without creating a second function. Can you think of another way to do it?