track_target() and wait time

[jeagh]

This something that I've never really understood.

Using the following example, I'd like both motors to start at the same time and then run for x and y degrees. The motors won't run unless a wait time is included. I need the shortest possible wait time and from experimentation I've found that half a second seems to be the minimum.

Is what I'm doing correct, and if it is, what's the minimum wait time?

x_motor.track_target(x) #wait(500) y_motor.track_target(y) wait(500)
I'm not sure why the formatting's not working, it usually does.

[laurensvalk]

I think you might want to use run_target with wait=False. See this example

track_target just starts tracking the new position immediately and skips the acceleration/speed phase. It doesn't wait for anything to complete, so if there is nothing else in your program, it ends right away and it will appear that nothing happened.

[jeagh]

Thank you again Lauren,

I knew that I could use wait=False with run_angle() but I didn't think wait=False was an option with run_target. I think while not done is the answer. More experimenting required.