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Re: FRC 95, The Grasshoppers, Build Thread

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Originally Posted by JamesCH95 View Post
The 'booster' stage of the shooter is 1:1 on 775s. Our software/controls team advises me that the Talon SRX input can handle something above 100krpm with those encoders. I didn't do the math myself though.
I think they missed a decimal place. The table in section 7.5.4 of the Talon SRX Software Reference Manual states that the CTRE Magnetic Encoder has a maximum RPM of 10,000.

The 775pros have a free rpm of 18,730. Even if you're running at 75% free speed, that's still over 14,000 rpm.
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