Hello! I hope everyone is having a great day.
I’m here to ask some ideas on how can we use encoders with a TankDrive chassis. We are planning to take PID and Vision Processing a bit more seriously in the upcoming season so we are likely going to need one or two encoders. The only idea that comes to my mind is putting a CIMcoder between the gearbox and the motor. I’m not sure how accurate would the results be in this case… I apologize for the lack of technical info that I have. I used to be more of a programmer
In 2022 we used 2 REV throughbore encoders on the center axles of the KOP chassis. I cant remember if we had to trade out for a longer axle or not, but it fit in the outside cavity between the frame and the bumper.
If you’re using brushless motors, try their internal encoders first – they may be sufficient.
If not, it depends on the type of gearboxes you’re using. The Toughbox Mini on the kit chassis has a place to mount an encoder on the back side of the output shaft, and you can swap out the output shaft depending on what type of encoder you want to use. (see Encoder Options) If you have the shaft with the magnet, you can stick a CTRE CANcoder or Thrifty Absolute Magnetic Encoder on the end.
Generally, if you have access to a 1/2" hex shaft anywhere on the drivetrain, you could just stick a REV Through Bore Encoder on it too.
Thank you so much. To be honest, I haven’t even seen the Encoder Options thing on the description of the kit . It looks like I should’ve done a better research
Thank you so much again for the information, I’ll let the team know.
. It looks like I should’ve done a better research 