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Unread 06-10-2009, 13:21
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Re: distance of pwm cable carrying seria data

A lot of teams in the past have experienced communication problems when running the PWM cable too close to motors or speed controllers. This can cause some interference and cause errors in the communications. As someone suggested, if this is the problem you can try shielding the cable and/or re-routing it.
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