robotCore.JoystickBase Class Reference

The Joystick class read the joystick connected to the driver station. More...

Inheritance diagram for robotCore.JoystickBase:

Public Member Functions
	JoystickBase (int id)
boolean	isGamepad ()
double	getX ()
double	getY ()
double	getRX ()
double	getRY ()
double	getThrottle ()
double	getTwist ()
double	getPOV ()
boolean	getRawButton (final int button)
Public Member Functions inherited from robotCore.GenericHID

Detailed Description

The Joystick class read the joystick connected to the driver station.

Author

John Gaby

The joystick is connected to the driver station and communicates with RobotCore via a network connection which it uses to send the current joystick x and y positions as well as the state of the buttons.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

JoystickBase()

robotCore.JoystickBase.JoystickBase

(

int

id

)

Parameters

id	- This is currently unused, but is provided for compatibility with the wpilib library.

Member Function Documentation

getPOV()

double robotCore.JoystickBase.getPOV

(

)

Returns

Returns the value for the 8 position switch on the gamepad. It will return 8 descrete values in the range 0.0 to 1.0.

getRawButton()

boolean robotCore.JoystickBase.getRawButton

(

final int

button

)

Returns

Returns true if the specified button is currently pressed, and false if it is not.

Reimplemented from robotCore.GenericHID.

getRX()

double robotCore.JoystickBase.getRX

(

)

Returns

Returns the current horizontal position of the right joystick on a gamepad.
The value returned will be between -1.0 and +1.0.

getRY()

double robotCore.JoystickBase.getRY

(

)

Returns

Returns the current vertical position of the right joystick on a gamepad.
The value returned will be between -1.0 and +1.0.

getThrottle()

double robotCore.JoystickBase.getThrottle

(

)

Returns

Returns the current trottle position of the joystick.
The value returned will be between -1.0 and +1.0. This value also retrieves the value of the left and right analog switches on the front of the gamepad. The left switch returns a value in the range 0.0 to 1.0, and the right switch returns a value in the range of -1.0 to 0.0.

getTwist()

double robotCore.JoystickBase.getTwist

(

)

Returns

Returns the current twist position of the joystick.
The value returned will be between -1.0 and +1.0.

getX()

double robotCore.JoystickBase.getX

(

)

Returns

Returns the current horizontal position of the joystick. The value returned will be between -1.0 and +1.0.

Reimplemented from robotCore.GenericHID.

getY()

double robotCore.JoystickBase.getY

(

)

Returns

Returns the current vertical position of the joystick. The value returned will be between -1.0 and +1.0.

Reimplemented from robotCore.GenericHID.

isGamepad()

boolean robotCore.JoystickBase.isGamepad

(

)

Returns

Returns true if the attached joystick is a gamepad.

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• D:/SDASVN/2025/RaspberryPi/VSCode/Source/robotCore/JoystickBase.java