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Originally Posted by Alan Anderson
The control system has been designed so that the connectivity is maintained during a brownout event. Robot outputs are shut off by the roboRIO firmware to preserve battery voltage well before the VRM input voltage falls below its ability to maintain the outputs, and before the roboRIO's minimum input voltage is reached.
Even the roboRIO's 5V DIO power is shut off when the robot goes into deep brownout protection. This is something teams need to be aware of if they depend on constant, uninterrupted sensor feedback.
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On the RoboRio that is a welcome improvement over the previous cRIO based system behavior.
Is there an official source for the technical information yet?
I have quite intentionally avoided meddling in Team 11's beta test of the RoboRio. The first time I got near it was during RampRiot and only because I did not know they intended to field it. We found out and had to make sure everything was going to work on the field without issue.