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Originally Posted by Jon Stratis

...Besides, if you end up using pneumatics, you'll be using CAN for that! It really is rather simple, you just have to give it a go... and having Talons on hand will allow you do experiment with that.

We always use pneumatics for something, but we have always used 12 volt solenoids with Spike relays. Can we no longer do that?

Originally Posted by Jon Stratis

If you're building two robots, why not use old controllers for the second one? Take them off an old robot, and have at it - the size difference may mean you team has to get creative in mounting things for the second robot, but there isn't much reason to spend all that extra money just for the second robot - old Talon, Jags, or Victors will do the same job. Of course, if you want the extra controllers for backups at competition, that's a whole other issue..

We'd really like the two robots to be as identical as possible - at least the control system. What we might try to do is create a control system module that we can switch out between the two. Then buy a few spares to be backups (as you mention).

Originally Posted by Brian Selle

...You could also purchase 1 or 2 Talons to go along with the group of Victors. Since they work with PWM input it's a simple software update to switch between the two.

This is probably the best idea. Get a few for future development, and/or to satisfy us if we get more ambitious than we thought.