[RyanN]

I have a related question regarding the 2CAN.

It accepts 6-28VDC for its power supply. Being a high-risk component for any robot, why is it that we cannot connect it to the 24V output for the cRIO (Just as the solenoid module does), or from the 12V output for the Dlink.

My thinking is... we get in a bad pushing match and our battery voltage droops (that and the other PD board outputs are extremely noisy). The battery voltage droops below the 6V threshold, and the 2CAN resets. What happens to the cRIO? Will it freeze because it lost communication with the 2CAN? Could the 2CAN recover?

So basically... I know that it's supposed to plug into the PD board's regular outputs and should be protected by a 20A breaker. R43 says that only the cRIO and solenoid breakout board(s) can connect to the 24V output, and R44 says only the wireless bridge can connect to the 12V boost output on the PD board. By these rules, connecting it up the way I want is illegal.

Should connected the 2CAN to the regular PD board outputs concern me? I'm assuming that Cross The Road electronics built a good power regulating circuit into the 2CAN to handle with all the back EMF, unstable voltages, and whatnot on the robot to perform correctly.