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Unread 06-03-2014, 11:32
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Re: Be aware of battery and charger inconsistencies!

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Originally Posted by Chris is me View Post
Wow, didn't even notice the change. Not even a max charge rate this year. Could have sworn this was a rule, my mistake I guess.

I still think mechanisms should be limited by a control loop and not the state of your battery whenever possible.
the control loop only works when you have a reserve in power, not when you go all out and the battery top of level makes a huge impact in performance. For example our kicker. We just slam it with maximum power, there is no margin for a control loop here, if the battery isn't up to the required level a control loop will do nothing to fix that. You could argue the design shouldn't have to rely on that, but it's hard enough getting a working robot done much less something this tuned out.