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Re: New Talon Speed Controller

The .9 to 2.0 ms with a 0 output at 1.5 ms asymmetric response confuses me. Why did they do this? This is going to lead teams to terrible out of the box experience. If the Talon is hooked up to the controller and the present Victor motor drive routines are used, then a team will not get full power in 1 direction. This will require calibration. One more step for teams to screw up. Which will lead to rants and support issues. The pulse timing is listed as 10 bit or 1024 buckets. With calibration there will be less settings in one direction than the other. Does it matter? probably no. The question this year will be " Did you calibrate your Talon." Response - "I don't know." "You have to calibrate your Talon." "How do you do that?" and on and on. Cross the roads - It's time for a firmware up grade before you let this thing out in the wild. Your life will be better if you correct this now before the Chief Delphi Flamming starts. Why was this done? Is it a clock counter timer issue? Asymmetric I don't like it. I don't remember ever seeing a commercial speed control with asymmetric response.