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Re: New Speed Controller Announced

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Originally Posted by Richard McClellan View Post
I asked about this at NI Week yesterday and they said that the FPGA image will not support the CAN module, and since you aren't legally allowed to change the image for 2009, so I guess you could do it, but it wouldn't be worth the effort since you'd have to get rid of it for competition anyways.
I still can't think of a good reason for disabling it. If we can't use CAN then all these really end up being is really large Victors.

Also, since I am new to FRC, I am guessing it would be illegal to strip off the silly plastic case on these. Might help weight and size (as well as cooling!).
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