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Re: RoboRio

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Originally Posted by Nemo View Post
Thanks for the link. It will be interesting to see how far teams are able to push their overpowered drive trains with the new system. Fortunately, having CAN on the power board and in Talons will make it easier to figure out where the limits are.
The PD board will have real-time monitoring capability on the different channels. That means it should be trivial to monitor the current draw of your motor systems and dynamically manage the system to send the power where you want it for the maximum amount of time.

I can already see writing a power management VI where I can prioritize and limit the motor setoutput based on current draw.