Using a limit switch to limit motion

[slavik262]

Originally Posted by ManicMechanic

Thanks for all the suggestions. Potentiometers are a bit beyond us (we're FTC, and I don't think Vex has a pot), but the gravity suggestion got us thinking that we need little or no motor input to back away from the limit. Before, we were running the motors at full power when we backed away, so there was lots of wobble. Slowing the motors, there was far less wobble, and it's now in the tolerable range.

Potentiometers are possible with Vex. Anyways, there is simple code to limit your joysticks from going full force on the way down.

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=59901

The entire thread is useful, but the simplest way to do it is located in the second-to-last post.