Re: [Playerstage-users] Is actarray the best interface to represent raw odometry?

[Geoffrey B. <geo...@ai...>]

On 29/05/11 11:42, Rich Mattes wrote:
> On 05/28/2011 08:58 AM, Fred Labrosse wrote:
>> All,
>>
>> I have to expose the raw odometry of all 4 wheels of my robot.  Is actarray
>> the best interface for that?  What do people use?
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Fred
>>
> 
> It looks like the actarray interface would probably be the easiest for 
> this application, as you can pack all four positions/speeds into a 
> single driver interface.  You could also do it via four position1d 
> devices, or you could transmit it all in a custom structure through the 
> opaque interface.

Programmatically, actarray would be the easiest interface to use.
However, semantically, four Position1D devices would make much more
sense and probably be easier to understand for users of the driver.

Geoff