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Re: Powering the speed controller outputs
Is this a Victor or a Jaguar?
I've never tried it with a Jaguar, but can tell you things like this happen all the time. Every time you backdrive a motor, the back-emf's generated by it will power the speed controller. That means, when you push your robot across the floor, you are backfeeding power into your speed controllers. They should be able handle it. I would hope this is not your method for removing the robot from the bar, as this would probably not be legal, since <r20> requires robots to not be powered up when removing them from the tower.
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