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Re: PID on Jaguars is Illegal

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Originally Posted by Kevin Sevcik View Post
... this would appear to be absolutely identical to the functioning of the perfectly legal RC servos, which implement closed loop position control of a DC motor based on potentiometer feedback and a cRIO position command.
A very good point. However, I think the distinction may be that the firmware for the Jaguars is to some degree mutable, while I believe servo control is implemented purely in hardware.