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Re: Resilience of Motors using PID

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Originally Posted by DonRotolo View Post
Of course, the brake function on the motor controller will have absolutely no effect upon a motor that is not moving. If you want to know why this is true, PM me.
I was assuming that they would be applying a constant voltage to the motor to keep it at a constant position for a while. You know what assuming does, From what I've been told, the brake function of a motor controller shorts out the leads of the motor to take advantage of the motor's magnetism in order to hold the motor's position.
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