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Originally Posted by Fletch1373
I noticed something last year that I found somewhat odd. It appeared that the PWM connections on the Digital Sidecar never output 5V, only 6V and only with the jumper in place. I know the old IFI controllers had 5V pins everywhere.
It's definitely possible that we had a broken sidecar, but it's also possible that FIRST made a change for some reason.
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Nope, your DSC is operating as intended.
The reason for the jumper is that some hobby speed controllers push voltage on that pin. This is commonly found in RC cars / planes. This would be a problem for our purposes, as they may end up fighting and/or backpowering that rail. So, a simple jumper pulls that circuit out of the equation.
It just so happens that the Victor and the Jaguar don't do this, so the jumper was just a nuisance in the past, but it lets us be forward compatible for whenever the GDC allows more leeway in motor controller selection.