Thread: Encoders on Drive Train DON'T WORK.
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Re: Encoders on Drive Train DON'T WORK.
Is your digital sidecar fully powered?

We had a very similar problem, but with PWM outputs in the offseason - we could power one side of the 2011 robot or the other side, but it would fail if we tried to drive all 4 drive motors. It turns out the DS can draw enough power from the data cable to power up to 3 PWM outputs, but once you try for 4 it fails. Once we figured out the power problem, everything worked. Maybe this failure mode applies to the digital inputs too?