Does OnFwd use regulation

[gloomyandy]

Quick NXC question... When you use OnFwd in NXC will the resultant motor output be using any form of speed regulation or does it simply set a power level for the motor? I had a quick look at the doc, but the answer wasn't obvious (to me at least)...

[afanofosc]

OnFwd winds up generating this code:

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setout _ports, Power, _pwr, OutputMode, OUT_MODE_MOTORON+OUT_MODE_BRAKE, RegMode, OUT_REGMODE_IDLE, RunState, OUT_RUNSTATE_RUNNING, TurnRatio, 0, TachoLimit, 0, RegPValue, _p, RegIValue, _i, RegDValue, _d, UpdateFlags, UF_UPDATE_TACHO_LIMIT+UF_UPDATE_MODE+UF_UPDATE_SPEED+UF_UPDATE_PID_VALUES+_reset

Based on this I would say that it is without regulation (OUT_REGMODE_IDLE).

John Hansen

[mattallen37]

No PID, just a PWM speed control.

Edit: sorry, John already said that.

[gloomyandy]

Thanks, I thought that was probably the case (I was looking at some nxc code and trying to work out what it did), but wasn't 100% sure...

Andy