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Re: TI and future Jaguars
In theory with a 'custom circuit module' you could connect the digital ports of the digital side car on the existing FIRST control system directly to the inputs. So if neither of the existing FIRST approved speed controls can handle 100% duty cycle we could make the 'custom circuit module' handle that by producing the maximum acceptable duty cycle instead of fully saturating the MOSFETs. We could also make the H-bridge module into a Spike relay like that.
We could give the 'custom circuit module' some other possible fixed pulse width settings as well. Those settings could be simply be turned on and off with a digital input. However, I'd like to avoid turning the 'custom circuit module' into an I2C/SPI/digital bus if possible. At some point it would defeat the purpose of a module for that specific purpose as well. Perhaps the fast, cheap and easy way to do this would be some solder pads close together on the 'custom circuit module' that represent binary. Someone could blob some solder over the pads to close them like they sometimes do on computer memory. Considering someone wouldn't have to use the 'custom circuit module' that might work out. I suppose you could also use dual row 0.1" header and just let someone solder a piece of wire between the pads for that header if they wished as well.
Last edited by techhelpbb : 19-04-2012 at 11:02.
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