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Re: The 2009 Control System Q&A Thread

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Originally Posted by tdlrali View Post
If FIRST switches to motor controllers that run on a bus (I2C, SPI), then none of this will matter. They even put bus terminals on the sidecar.
It wouldn't matter for motor control, but it still matters for servos, as Kevin pointed out a few posts ago:

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Originally Posted by Kevin Sevcik View Post
...this resolution issue is going to now be a permanent feature affecting the use of standard RC style servos, and that isn't going to improved by any new motor controllers.
I don't think a reduced servo resolution will end up being a problem, but it certainly looks like it will be a "feature" of the new system.
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