Speed Controllers: Which is best?

[Alan Anderson]

Originally Posted by midway78224

For my team we use jags on our practice bot and talons on our competition bot. The first thing we notice was the big difference in the speed of the drivetrain.

Originally Posted by Ether

Anyone care to comment on what might be the cause of this?

The cause is almost certainly the fact that Jaguars and Talons use different ranges of control. With the same PWM signal, a motor connected to a Jaguar will run slower than one connected to a Talon. If the same program is used, then either the Talon will reach full output before full power is commanded, or the Jaguar will never reach full output.

The software needs to respect the different speed controller hardware requirements.