27-11-2013, 10:42
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Lead Mentor/Engineer
AKA: Mr. Cool
 FRC #1741 (Red Alert) Team Role: Coach
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Join Date: May 2011
Rookie Year: 2011
Location: Indiana
Posts: 616
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Re: Jaguars
We ended up using all 3 controllers at various points on our 2013 robot. (Though only 2 at any one time.)
Jaguars are great because of following reasons (and we utilize each one):
Current sensing
Internal PID control
Forward/Reverse Limit Switches
CAN
Jaguars have the following drawbacks (each of which we've experienced):
Relatively low current limits (Though it seems to have been raised with the latest firmware update)
Poor CAN (physical) connection robustness
Highly sensitive to swarf (metal debris) -- though the new ones have a conformal coating.
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