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Re: TI and future Jaguars

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Originally Posted by Cal578 View Post
That's what we want! At a high level, all an FRC team wants is an improvement on the Jaguar, and the biggest complaints are the physical size and [apparent] current limit.
I can see how having someone else absorbing the TI Jaguar as is might yield a higher current limit. The Jaguars with little change handle a higher current limit already (it's the FRC software in the way right now).

However, reducing the size of the unit, that's basically redesigning all the costly parts. Even the plastic molds for the cases would be in jeopardy. If you choose another purpose built enclosure you could be out $10,000 in just molds and light production just for the enclosures.

So basically what you want is the Jaguar, but not the Jaguar as you know it.

At some point you may as well build the modular speed control with a power module that is like the Jaguar, and an interface module that is basically the Stellaris running the FRC firmware.

Same headaches. Only change being it's modular. Yes it'll be marginally more expensive, but as Dean wrote, the Jaguar is not a money maker.

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