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Re: What do you think of the jaguars?

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Originally Posted by Matt Howard View Post
The Jaguars have some neat features, but for the scale of what we are working on (HS Competition Robots) why replace something that's tried and true?
Budget: A Jaguar costs less for a team to buy than a Victor.
Technical: A Jaguar has additional capabilities over a Victor. Some are usable without additional cost (though the limit switch input was disallowed by the rules this year). Others the cRIO will be able to take advantage of with a simple communication module.
I won't speculate on other reasons.