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Re: Robot Motors Drifting?

To test the PWM signal to the motor controller: Hard code a zero speed command and let the robot sit enabled. If the motors do not run, your PWM is good. It seems we had to add a dead band so if the controller were close to zero it sent a zero command to the PWM.