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Re: How do you operate pre-cRio robots

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Originally Posted by cbale2000 View Post
Back on the old controllers though, even if the controller did reset you were looking at a maximum of like 5 seconds of downtime, when the current system goes down you're out for almost the entire match.

I for one support bringing back the backup battery.
Well I can say this....

I watched Team 11 drive the robot down to 6V with the RoboRIO onboard.
They periodically would loose field comms but for a short time (3 second tops).

I think the RoboRIO has some undervoltage protection going on.