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Re: paper: New Control Functions - Drive System Testing

As is often the case, upon reflection, I find I may have been a bit harsher than I should have.

The problem is a little more complex than I painted it. The speed controllers that have internal PID loops make for strange power shedding situations. How do you tell a control loop not to exceed certain current outputs? Of course, you can, but it isn't simple and it adds to the complexity of the already complicated interplay between the RoboRio and the Talon SRX (or ... shutter... Jaguar).

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