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Re: FRC Blog - 2016 Motor Controllers

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Originally Posted by cgmv123 View Post
You could probably have gotten away with a cRIO, but I don't think you could have gotten away with an earlier PDB.
Well, you could have used that old PDB, powered from a 40A breaker on the new PDP, to power your custom electronics (but not speed controllers, etc). It wouldn't really be worth doing, as there are smaller and cheaper ways to get power to a collection of custom electronics, but it would be legal.
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