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Originally Posted by ICanCountTo19
There are several rules disallowing certain things on the ROBOT, which in my understanding includes the MINIBOT according to their definition.
R42 implies that you can't use the motor controller to run 2 FTC motors.
R43 & R48 imply you have to use the motor controller to run your minibot's motors
Any thoughts? I doubt this is the case, but I just wanted to point it out.
Does this mean you can't run wire from the battery directly to the motor (bypassing the NXT brick)?
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Yes, as written, <R42>, <R43>, and <R48> seem to prohibit wiring the motors directly to switches. However, it's pretty clear from the wording of <R48> that this a copy-paste error. It's obviously not legal to control the MINIBOT motors with the CRIO. In fact, the rules currently prohibit using the NXT to control the MINIBOT, which certainly isn't the intent of the rule!
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Originally Posted by FRC 2011 Game Manual
<R48> All electrical loads (motors, actuators, compressors) must be supplied by an approved power regulating device (speed controller, relay module, or Digital Sidecar PWM port) that is controlled by the cRIO-FRC on the ROBOT.
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I wonder if team update 3 is going to consist of a long list of "
ROBOT HOSTBOT" corrections.