Go to Post If said device costs 10x more to manufacture than a simpler solution integrating COTS parts, and only performs 10% better, that's poor engineering. - Cory [more]
Home
Go Back   Chief Delphi > Technical > Electrical
CD-Media   CD-Spy  
portal register members calendar search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read FAQ rules

 
 
 
Thread Tools Rating: Thread Rating: 3 votes, 5.00 average. Display Modes
Prev Previous Post   Next Post Next
  #1   Spotlight this post!  
Unread 04-01-2014, 19:26
A Dog IRL's Avatar
A Dog IRL A Dog IRL is offline
Heisenborg
AKA: Jake
FRC #5196 (Breaking Bot)
Team Role: Alumni
 
Join Date: Nov 2013
Rookie Year: 2011
Location: South Florida
Posts: 36
A Dog IRL is an unknown quantity at this point
Victor 888 PWM Problems

Hello everyone!

I am here on behalf of FRC Team 5196, Breaking Bot, and we're experiencing some problems. After the second our kits arrived where we were hosting kickoff, we began to build the kit bot and finished it with in a few hours, as well as all of the programming aspects such as flashing the cRIO and the wireless bridge. When we finally set the robot on the ground to test it with a joystick, the Victor 888 motor controllers would not stop flashing amber/orange, which (according to the manual) indicates that they are receiving no PWM signal.

We disconnected one of them from the motor and hooked it's power and PWM cables to our only Jaguar motor controller and it worked completely fine. We then took the Victor 888 inside and tested it's PWM with an Arduino and oscilloscope and it was still creating the same problems.

Is anyone else experiencing these problems with the new Victor motor controllers, or does anyone know how we can troubleshoot the problem?

Thanks!
FRC Team 5196, Breaking Bot
 


Thread Tools
Display Modes Rate This Thread
Rate This Thread:

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

vB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Forum Jump


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 05:13.

The Chief Delphi Forums are sponsored by Innovation First International, Inc.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.6.4
Copyright ©2000 - 2017, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright © Chief Delphi