Swerve Programming Setup

Programming Setup

To set up your programming environment you need to download the wpilib suite from GitHub, and if you need, you can look through the official website download (which redirects to the previous link) that gives a bit more info if you encounter problems.

Project Setup

Once you have the stuff installed and are ready to Program Swerve!!!

You should be able to make a new project and select template then java then Timed Robot (don’t select the advanced one).

You should have put the project in a folder (like Documents) and put in a team number (just put our team number, 9777 if you don’t have a team number yet, it’s not too important for simple development).

The code now should now be generated and in the left pane you should see this in the side pane:

As you can see, I have named the project ExampleSwerveDrive.

Your code is located inside the src/main/java/frc/robot folder

Setup for This Tutorial

One should make three new files, and one new folder.

1. Right click on the src/main/java/frc/robot and click new file. When a text box appears, type in HardwareMappings.java. (Don’t worry about the text that appears for the file)
2. Right click on the src/main/java/frc/robot and click the new folder and name it teleopswerve.
3. Right click on the src/main/java/frc/robot/teleopswerve folder and make 2 new files (like in step 1) named SwerveModule.java and SwerveDrive.java.
4. Now you’re done making all the files you’ll need. The only thing left is the hit Ctrl+S for all the rest of the files.

You’re setup should look like something like this.