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Re: SD540 Motor Controller
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Originally Posted by mindsensors.com View Post
Thank you all for your feedback!

The SD540 is equipped with a battery safety feature that would disable operation when battery voltage drops below 9.5 Volts.

Based on your concerns we have realized that such a safety feature is not desired by the FRC community, so we have released a model that does not include this feature. The new SD540B will work down to 6 Volts without disabling any operations! Here is our voltage comparison chart:
http://www.mindsensors.com/content/7...540-and-sd540b

Since our design and production facility is local and our SD540s are made here in USA, we have the advantage to implement changes quickly. The new model SD540B is available now and ordering information is here: http://www.mindsensors.com/frc/159-sd540-model-b
Can you comment on the appreciable efficiency difference? Will you be able to fix that as well before kickoff?
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