KOP Gyro Lag

[Mark McLeod]

Originally Posted by FRC4ME

What exactly happens when you exceed the gyro's range? Will it simply report its maximum range and then go back down when you stop turning? Or will it get "stuck" at its maximum range for about a second?

When you max out a gyro it just gives the max rate until it drops below the max again. There is no lag in the gyro output itself. What it sends is what it sees at that instant. It'd need to be able to store information in order to even remember what any lag was.

However, that doesn't mean code on the RC couldn't introduce a lag in the readings, but I too, doubt it.
None of our gyro's have ever exhibited a lag. We use 300 deg/sec gyro's on the robot, but other gyro's in demonstrations.

The gyro values in your sample printout seem very odd. Where exactly are you getting your gyro values from and what do they represent?