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Re: 2012 Beta Hardware (Team 1718 First Impressions)

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Originally Posted by Pi Fighter View Post
This year, the firmware is making it harder to fry them. The new jaguars have the option to be set into Automatic Ramp Mode. While in this mode, the voltage will ramp down (or up) at a rate of 524 steps per millisecond (at that rate, it will take the jaguar 0.125 seconds to go from full forward to full reverse). This mode is optional, so if you already have a ramp function in your programming, this is not mandatory.
Hasn't this feature been part of the firmware ever since we have been allowed to use CAN?
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