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Unread 09-01-2005, 08:43
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Re: victor brake/coast setting

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Originally Posted by sciguy125
According to the manual, the jumper to set brake/coast on the Victor can be replaced with a limit switch - not particularly useful. According to the custom ciruits rules, we can't make something to replace the jumper. I'm also assuming that a relay or transistor would fall under the category of custom circuit. I just wanted to make sure that I'm interpreting the rules correctly. It just doesn't seem like that great of an idea to actuate a limit switch with a servo or soleniod or something to dynamically change the setting.
Last year there was a thread about this. The way to do it completely within the rules, is to use a servo to act on the "limit switch." This year there is no rule limit on how many servos you use on your bot, there will be a point where you run out of places to plug them in.