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Re: SD540 Motor Controller

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Originally Posted by geezloueez View Post
What is the lowest you have witnessed in a match?
I've seen my share of robots in brown out conditions. It's less severe these days than it used to be but it can still cause you some heartache at competitions. This is from one of the presentations on the control system last year:



And this is current (no pun intended) info about what happens and when:

http://wpilib.screenstepslive.com/s/...g-current-draw

EDIT: You can help prevent this by keeping happy batteries around and always keeping good ones in the robot.
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