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Unread 11-08-2013, 13:22
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Re: Tank Drive Without a Microcontroller

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Originally Posted by tr6scott View Post
We have a few that we picked up at a hobby shop for less than $10 each, but they don't seem to run a jag or a victor to full speed, but perfectly fine for testing systems.
Did you make sure to re-calibrate the Jag (I haven't used a victor before so I am unsure as to what is necessary for them). If you go on the vex website they provide documentation on how to re-calibrate the Jag for different pulse width ranges. We had the same issue where the Jag would only put out 50% power when we used a servo controller on a test board we built. Once we re-calibrated the Jag with that servo controller it worked perfectly. Just make sure that you re-calibrate the Jag once it goes back on the robot.