NavX MXP Continuous Angle to Calculate Derivative

[Ether]

Originally Posted by Richard100

Not finding this to be very clear either. We're likely discussing different aspects of the problem.

I am discussing the solution to this aspect of the OP's original framing of the problem (see bolded portion):

Originally Posted by lethc

Does anyone have any ideas on how I would get a continuous angle heading from the NavX? I.E. one that doesn't jump from 360 to 0 instantly, because that messes up the derivative calculation

You don't need a continuous angle to do a simple difference calculation (which is what I anticipated the OP was really wanting).

The IEEERemainder gives you that answer:

Originally Posted by Ether

what you want is the shortest angle from the previous reading to the present reading, with the correct sign. The IEEERemainder function¹ does this with one line of code:

shortest_angle = IEEERemainder(present-previous,360);

Originally Posted by lethc

Just tried this out and it works perfectly. Thank you for your help.