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Re: Motor speed control uning Jaguar

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Originally Posted by jwakeman View Post
Another thought I had was to wire in both the PWM and the CAN. Then only use the CAN bus to control the robot. The PWM would be there as a failover drive system. I have some concerns about the CAN network being reliable annd want to be able to switch to PWM driving if we detect trouble. Not trying to bend the rules, just want to know what's legal. I will ask my question in the rule QA. Thanks
That would not be legal. There is no way of knowing for sure that only one is controlling the robot.
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