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Re: Banebot 56mm gearbox - double D - RELOADED
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Originally Posted by squirrel
One possible method of ensuring that the motors are started in a controlled way, would be to have the programming team put a limit on how fast the PWM outputs to the drive motor speed controllers increase. If they allow only a small change per unit time, then the gearboxes cannot be damaged by sudden direction reversals, even if the driver gets a bit exuberant (and I do realize how exciting the matches are!). Look into this, hopefully some of the programmers here can come up with some code to control motor acceleration rate.
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For any team this should help to reduce some of the problems with the end plate tha are occurring, and really I think this is good practice regardless of what motors/transmissions you're using. If teams need help with this just ask, I know some teams (ours included) have been doing this for at least a few years.
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