4 cim motor programming in labview

[robox89]

My team usually goes with two drive motors per andymark toughbox. This year we want to change to two cims per toughbox. How do teams program this so that motors run in unison? I program in labview. Any suggestions? Thanks!

[Owen Makin]

Do you want to do tank? arcade?

[robox89]

Tank drive if possible

[Alan Anderson]

The "proper" way is to replace the Open 2 Motor Drive with Open 4 Motor Drive in the Begin vi.

The easy way is to leave all the programming the way it is and use PWM Y-cables to control two speed controllers from each of the left and right drive motor PWM outputs.

[robox89]

Ahh! That makes so much more sense! Thank you!

[NeatNit]

Originally Posted by Alan Anderson

The easy way is to leave all the programming the way it is and use PWM Y-cables to control two speed controllers from each of the left and right drive motor PWM outputs.

I love this way; it feels so clean for some reason. It made me smile when I first saw it.