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Originally Posted by MechEng83
Jaguars have the following drawbacks (each of which we've experienced):
Relatively low current limits (Though it seems to have been raised with the latest firmware update)
Poor CAN (physical) connection robustness
Highly sensitive to swarf (metal debris) -- though the new ones have a conformal coating.
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Don't forget about a giant footprint.
And all those extra features can be a disadvantage too, because you now have the temptation to use them when often you would be better off without them.
In 2012 (rookie year) my team used Jaguars with CAN. I will just say that even the word CAN now instills fear into the hearts of our veteran students. In 2013 we wanted to use Talons, but the sold out, so instead we used Victor 888s, and had no complaints. This year we have bought 4 talons to put on the electronics test bed we are building, and if they really are as good as everyone says they are we will put them on our 2014 robot.