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Originally Posted by lgphoneeric
So I am building a personal robot and I don't really want to use a fancy robot control system for it. I would like to use an rc remote from like a helicopter if possible. The bot I'm building requires cim motors for the drive since it's very heavy. My question, is can talons be controlled by any standard pwm output, or does it needs the roborio or other. I need to be able to get as much power from the wheels as possible and I don't think the little 5v ece rc controller from andymark will cut it. Any help would be appreciated. I'm great with cad and design but not really with control systems.
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You can use any pwm 5v controller with a talon that accepts 5v signals. The motor controllers are dumb, and do not care what the source of the command is from, wether it be a rio or a crap hobby/rc controller. However, the power to the actual controller itself is 12v, and its output is 12v. If I were you I'd make sure your system can support the power demands so you don't brown out the control system. Do not use anything higher than 5v. The talon should work as long as you connect it correctly, if not, then you did it wrong
To clarify, talons do not accept power sources through their pwm cables if they have connections for a external source