Current reading of motor controllers

[gpetilli]

Originally Posted by mickztlin

We will be using a jag but were planning to use a micro controller and we dont plan to use can. (Arduino does not suport)

I assume you realize you can not control a motor from an Arduino on a competition robot. All motor controls have to come directly from the cRIO. Inputs to the cRIO are fair game, but outputs are not. This is a necessary safety feature so the field can shut down a rouge robot.

Even if you don't use CAN for drive software, you could use it for diagnostics using bcd-comm on a PC or Mac via a USB-RS232 adapter.