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Re: Using an Non First Microcontroller with Victor 884 Motor Controller
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Originally Posted by electroken View Post
The PIC output is sourcing 10mA to the one Victor 883 I measured. That's a reasonable input current for the optoisolators I'm used to. I'm pretty sure (but not certain) that the 883, 884, and Talon have optoisolators at the PWM input.
10 ma should be more than adequate. How did you measure that?

Your circuit should work with the Jag. You may not get full output (see Al's post) because the Jags want a wider range on the pulse width, but it should work... Unless, perhaps, the Jag's don't like the 4 ms period. If had a Jag here I'd test it at 4ms.