Thread: Dynamic Brake/Coast Modes?
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Re: Dynamic Brake/Coast Modes?
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Originally Posted by MoistRobot View Post
I know we had dynamic brake/coast in our drive train on the 2012 robot, however I believe we used a spike to control the state on the jaguar jumper pins.
Don't believe it was even questioned during inspection at 2 regionals.
It had been assumed to be legal, including I'm pretty sure Al had used it and suggested it in the past. But if they found a hardware issue where high current could end up running though a legally allowed to be 28 AWG wire, it's absolutely the right call to make it illegal. Thats a good way to start a fire really easily.
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