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Thanks for all the responses. This helps clear up some info about how we could run our motors next year. Obviously no one knows what next year holds but are there any indications of changing to current motor styles or number of motors allowed?
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Not that I'm aware of or would anticipate. Over the past several years, FIRST has built broad supplier agreements with several motor manufacturers that I don't see them breaking. That said, the 2015 Robot Rules will be revised more than in years past, due to the new control system.
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Also I noticed the new PDB has some feedback next year. Does anyone know if you could manually limit current through it?
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The PDB only supports current monitoring, but you could use that monitoring to detect overdraws in code and shut off/turn down the offending speed controller.
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Lastly, while this is a bit off topic, we are thinking of having our robot and test robot at some events and charge people to test drive them. This is obviously to raise money. What are some things we can do to keep from burning up our motors and motor controllers? We can limit throttle in the code which should help the motors but is that better or worse on our motor controllers? We use Victor 888's right now.
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Talons and Victors are both extremely hard to fry (unless they're wired backwards). Have you had any specific problems with your Victors?