[AdamHeard]

Let's make a few givens clear. There are systems where an encoder is a totally valid and optimal sensor. Teams shouldn't be told to be clever and figure a way around .

There are also reasons a brown out could occur independent of team error or design flaw. A battery just dropped a cell, something gets sucked into drive, etc...

These reasons combined are enough to say it is unacceptable to brown out.

I don't see how losing encoder counts due to low voltage is justifiable at all in this day and age considering it's so easy to solve. A better regulator external or a backup battery. IFI solved this years ago.