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Re: Swerve Drivetrain.

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Originally Posted by EricH View Post
...(unless the GDC allows slip rings again)...
Not true.

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Originally Posted by FRC Game Manual, Section 4 (The Robot), Rev K
<R40> All active PD Board branch circuits shall be wired with appropriately sized wire:
Application
Minimum wire size...<snipped table>
The branch circuit may include intermediate elements such as COTS connectors, splices, COTS flexible/rolling/sliding contacts, and COTS slip rings, as long as the entire electrical pathway is via appropriately gauged conductors.
If they are COTS, and appropriately gauged, they're fine.

If you want to build a swerve drive, build one in the fall. You probably won't be able to do it in 6 weeks without prior experience in swerve-building.
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