Programming technique..

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Posted by Gregory Ross at 05/03/2001 12:46 AM EST


Engineer on team #330, Beach Bots, from Hope Chapel Academy and NASA/JPL.


In Reply to: Re: Programming technique..
Posted by Gui Cavalcanti on 05/02/2001 11:15 PM EST:



: For the code space it takes up (and from the programmers' point of view) no, it's definitely not worth it. To the drivers point of view, however, small bumps to the calibration knobs usually means fighting the controls if there's no dead zone.

(Actually, Gui, Bill's point is that since the Victors already have a dead zone maybe it doesn't make sense to implement a dead band of your own.)

I was very surprised to hear that the Victors have a dead zone built in. Still, I think it is probably a good thing to code your own. Of course, it wouldn't do any good to make your's smaller than the Victor's, but if there's a chance you might want a larger dead zone (to suit your driver's preference), it's not that expensive -- either in coding effort or in program space. (Remember you have lots of room with the BS2SX.)