Thread: Amount of power drawn by FRC controller?
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Unread 07-01-2007, 13:23
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Re: Amount of power drawn by FRC controller?
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Originally Posted by Teger View Post
Also, the FRC board has the ability to output power, and according to the rules of this year, the only legal way to use a backup battey is through the FRC controller...would it also be possible to use this output power to power the fisher-price motors? or, for that matter, any of the motors in the kit?
You can only drive motors (other than servos) using Spikes or Victors.

Why not just limit the speed using the Victor?
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