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Re: paper: New Control Functions - Drive System Testing

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Originally Posted by Ether View Post
How would that be implemented with a CAN connection without affecting other non-motor CAN devices?

(I could guess, but if anyone knows where this is documented would you please post a link)
CAN Speed Controllers need an enable 'flag' to be sent out over CAN before they output anything. That enable 'flag' (or lack thereof) presumably wouldn't affect devices that it doesn't need to.

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As a related question (I was never electrically closely involved) - could you regulate the 12V power being fed to the roborio?
The VRM does have enough capacity to run the RoboRIO, but that configuration will most likely not be legal for competition.
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