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Originally Posted by Tom Bottiglieri
I'd love to see a drive gearbox that has the motors, speed controller, and encoder built in. And talks CAN. I think this would allow teams to do some neat stuff out of the box with just software and little chance of messing things up mechanically/electrically.
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I like the idea, though if there was a modular version it would be cheaper to fix when it breaks. Still, a gearbox that a team could just bolt the motor(s) and all-in-one drive electronics unit onto would put the team pretty close to ready-to go.
Especially if there was also a CAN Backbone + Power Distribution combo unit that could combine power and CAN connectivity into a single cable. Or some sort of 12V variant of USB would work nicely too.