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Re: Mechanical limit switches - acceptable practice?

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Originally Posted by pfreivald View Post
The other question I'd ask is, is this a more-than-one-use mechanism? Because once that limit switch kills power to the motor....
Yes, the limit switch would be a safety mechanism and the robot would be done for the match however it could be fixed much easier than replacing a mangled launching assembly.