Thread: "Testing" motor via Jag output terminals
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Re: "Testing" motor via Jag output terminals
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Originally Posted by Danny Diaz View Post
... So, they unplug the robot battery and grab some alligator clips and momentarily connect the battery directly to the M+/M- terminals on the Jags/victors (via the alligator clips) so that they can see that the motors are running and in the correct direction.
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My question is, "Have we just been getting lucky that they haven't fried something?"
Al, this is the part I was referring to. I was not worried about pushing the robot.
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