PID traction Control

[Daniel_LaFleur]

Originally Posted by dpeterson3

Thanks. I was informed (in so many words) that we are not going with Daniel_LaFleur's idea. I wrote the code for that and asked if someone could check it over. I was then refered to a link about PID in LabView. They don't just want to keep the wheels spinning at the same rate. They also want this to act as an acceleration curve, which is why I was referd to the PID control.

PID is fine for an acceleration curve (and I highly reccommend it), but will not tell you if your wheels are slipping. This will happen when you get into a pushing match.