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Re: SD540 Motor Controller

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Originally Posted by Anupam Goli View Post
Really? I thought the multi-bank feature sounded pretty cool. Sure the other specs of the controller are less desirable but maybe the next iteration will be better.
Heres the way I see it.

4 Victor SP's or 4 Talon SRX's side by side is 2.75" by 4.74" by 1.185"
A bank of 4 SD540's is 2.7" by 6.1" by 1.2"

So you get a larger footprint with the 'feature' that if one of the controllers in a bank fails you are stuck with a dead controller sitting on your robot.

Now, you could argue that Spark's have a larger footprint which is true. But even with the quantity of 4 they come in cheaper than the bank of 4 SD540's.

and their dimensions in line are not much bigger at
2.74" by 7.5" by 0.868

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