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Re: Current reading of motor controllers

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Originally Posted by gpetilli View Post
I assume you realize you can not control a motor from an Arduino on a competition robot. All motor controls have to come directly from the cRIO. Inputs to the cRIO are fair game, but outputs are not. This is a necessary safety feature so the field can shut down a rouge robot.

Even if you don't use CAN for drive software, you could use it for diagnostics using bcd-comm on a PC or Mac via a USB-RS232 adapter.
It is not ment to be on the robot, it is mearly for prototyping
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