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Re: Servos controlled by different controlller

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Originally Posted by Chris_Elston View Post
In 2012, we used a 6 axis IMU sensor that interfaced to the serial port of the CRIO. No problems inspecting.

Here is a picture of the interface box:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/teamthr...57629273847264

The sensor worked very well, but we kept blowing the voltage regulators on the circuit board. Because of this problem, we had to disable and by-pass the IMU sensor after it kept failing due to power problems.
Very nice! Thanks for stepping forward.

I guess that leaves the question of whether anyone tried to pass a custom circuit interfaced by CAN to the cRIO through an official FRC inspection. Also whether or not they were using the Jaguar electronic motor controls over CAN on the same robot.