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Re: Motor Speed Controllers


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Originally Posted by Brandon_L View Post
EDIT: Worth noting that any sensors you use DO NOT plug into the Jaguar directly. They would hook up to one of the cRio slots. through programming you then adjust the motor speed.
You can plug an encoder directly into the Jag. The processor in the Jag has software to do closed-loop speed control. You must be using CAN bus instead of PWM to access this functionality.