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Originally Posted by yash101
I know it is a tad early for me to post about this, but I think that when I go to competition, I should take a Propeller Chip, MCP3204, a 120Amp shunt resistor, and some other various things. The reason why is because last year, we experienced the problem that our shooter motors kept dying and we had no way to measure the motor's current draw (because we didn't want to damage our fluke by a current spike). What do you guys think of this idea to aid in competition debugging?
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Your multimeter (should) have a fuse to protect itself from current, so you should be all set.
What does the current draw tell you? Our team has attended 42 robotics competitions, countless offseason, and have played close to 1000 matches. We have never needed to measure the current draw of a motor at competition, nor have we heard of anybody needing to.