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Re: SD540 Motor Controller

Honestly I don't have many feelings one way or another about this speed controller (our team uses CAN).
That said, a few things did stick out for me...
  • It requires me to have 6-32 screws, and have them at a specific length to mount to anything (Imo, through holes are better, and allow you to avoid hunting for "that one screw").
  • The signal input connector seems like an odd choice, and it looks like the kind of thing that PWM cables could fall out of easily, and then, due to lack of labeling, get reconnected incorrectly.
  • If you have a bank of controllers, and one of them dies, do you have to replace the whole bank?
  • Would be nice if brake/coast could be changed on the fly (we used to do this with victors by connecting a PWM cable where the jumper would go).

Might get one of these to play around with it, but generally we avoid new, un-FRC-proven components the first year they're out (unless there are no alternatives like in 2014).
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