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Unread 05-08-2008, 12:12
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Re: New Speed Controller Announced

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Originally Posted by Tom I View Post
Wait sorry, are you SURE there's no VIC's any more? that would be good news for us, having two years ago named our robot Sparky after it successfully blew up 4, yes four, VIC's through out the season! large amounts of flying sparks and magic smoke!
I wouldn't necessarily blame the HARDWARE for your magic smoke, as IFI's Victors have proven resilient for us time and time again, but per the article, the new controller does apparently offer a design that is more resistant to metal chips and such getting into the fan/MOSFET area. It also has color coded terminals to make wiring more straightforward and less susceptible to error.

The built in support for limit switch inputs is interesting.
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