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Re: pic: 1736 Robot Casserole Offseason WCD

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Originally Posted by AustinSchuh View Post
I can pretty much confirm that if you stall 6 CIMs, you will brown out. Brownouts happen pretty early with the roboRIO. We were seeing brownouts with 4 CIMS in high gear accelerating from a stop towards the middle to end of the match.
This confirms my theory, 4 cims may be "safer" from a brownout, but that alone may not avoid a case of the brownout blues. Better to make sure you are traction limited or have some form power limiting implemented.
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