Retrieving dataΒΆ

Unlike SmartDashboard.getNumber and friends, retrieving data from Shuffleboard is also done through the NetworkTableEntries, which we covered in the previous article.

class DriveBase extends Subsystem {
   private ShuffleboardTab tab = Shuffleboard.getTab("Drive");
   private NetworkTableEntry maxSpeed =
       tab.add("Max Speed", 1)
          .getEntry();

   private DifferentialDrive robotDrive = ...;

   public void drive(double left, double right) {
     // Retrieve the maximum speed from the dashboard
     double max = maxSpeed.getDouble(1.0);
     robotDrive.tankDrive(left * max, right * max);
   }
}

This basic example has a glaring flaw: the maximum speed can be set on the dashboard to a value outside [0, 1] - which could cause the inputs to be saturated (always at maximum speed), or even reversed! Fortunately, there is a way to avoid this problem - covered in the next article.