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Re: Jaguar/Victor question

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Originally Posted by Al Skierkiewicz View Post
Jason,
I believe the motor sensor inputs are just using the CAN bus interface within the Jag to port data back to the controller. They are not handled within the individual Jag independent of a controller.
Jaguars provide internal closed loop computation for speed, current, and position provided that the controller has enabled one of these modes. This computation is performed at a 1 kHz rate and is done completely within the Jaguar. Data is sent back to the controller when the controller requests (reads) it, but only then.