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Re: FRC Blogged: - Motor Controllers

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Originally Posted by jason701802 View Post
So wouldn't the real solution be to increase the current limit instead of completely disabling it?
We are thoroughly testing the firmware changes with some of the most vigorous testing we know (and believe me, the guys we have here have beat up some FRC robots in their day). The software limit was overly conservative protecting FETs that just really didn't need that kind of protection.

We are confident these changes (conformal coating and firmware changes) will make the Jaguar perceived match robustness much higher. The firmware current limit caused Jags to cut power to motors when they just didn't need to.

We have had extensive technical conversations with the engineers responsible for the jaguar development and are confident this is a positive change.

Paul
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