[jsasaki]

The only power regulating devices for actuators permitted on the ROBOT include:

Jaguar motor controller (P/N: MDL-BDC, MDL-BDC24, and 217-3367),
Victor 884 motor controller (P/N: VICTOR-884-12/12),
Victor 888 motor controller (P/N: 217-2769),
Talon motor controller (P/N: CTRE_Talon and am-2195),
VEX motor controller (P/N: 276-2193) for controlling VEX 2-wire Motor 393 (P/N: 276-2177) only, and
Spike H-Bridge Relay (P/N: 217-0220).

So basically you can use the provided vex motor controller and go straight into a dsc or use a motor controller/ spike relay