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Re: Possible bad Jaguar.... Thoughts?

I wondered what the hold time was.
The fault is occuring well before 2 seconds elapses.

eg: I'll be driving along at 50% power (very low load) and then do a snap reversal. The left motor cuts out immediately, causing the robot to spin, rather than reversing.

Hmmm.

The LED does stop blinking after about 3 seconds, but that doesn't indicate the specific cause as a current limit.


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Originally Posted by Bot190 View Post
Going along with the over current thing, The jaguars will hold 60Amps for 2 seconds, its possible that you are exceeding the current limit on the jaguars and they are shutting off. If that is the case, then they should start responding to inputs, and the LED should stop blinking after 3 seconds.
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